The Eclipse Power

The Eclipse Power was originally named Destiny Rising when it was first written in 2015. After deleting it after becoming dissatisfied with the writing, the author has revived the storyline and acknowledges it is dumb things they came up with when they were 8 or so.
Blurb
Destiny had always been an unusual dragonet, and to help her cope she trains in flying. An opportunity arises and Destiny is given a chance to leave the rainforest to go to Far Islands Academy. But once she gets there, she realizes that putting herself out in the open is a dual-edges sword, and with great power comes great responsibility. 
== Wiki-ed Characers (MAJOR SPOILERS) ==
* Destiny
* Tidepool
Prologue
It was a slow day of training dragonets for Tiger. Her scales, which were mostly vibrant orange, were now almost grey due to the fact that she had to skip suntime to scold a particularly mischievous dragonet. As she pushed the vines aside to stumble into her nest, she let out a sigh. 
Often, her little sister would greet her when she got home. But now, the nest seemed empty. "Destiny?" Tiger called, her voice filled with fright. 
Maybe she just got distracted by a scroll, Tiger thought despairingly. If she lost Destiny, even for a few hours, she'd be called inadequate in serving the Hatchery, which was her life. 
The RainWing ran to the back of her nest and let out a yowl of surprise. In the corner was a NightWing dragonet. Tiger knew that under Kingmaker's control, NightWings were bad news, and you usually didn't just find one, as NightWings now traveled in packs.
The NightWing's scales almost seemed to whirl around it, to a salad-green tone. "Destiny?" Tiger gasped. The small dragonet nodded. She knew her sister could not change her color, so what had happened?Tiger knew at that point that her sister could never live a normal life, and life itself had just changed.
Part 1 - Runaway
Chapter 1
Destiny stomped around her room and threw a leafy pillow against the wall. She growled to herself, flicking her wings at random. 
"How could she! She can't control everything about my life. She shouldn't be able to restrict me like that," she growled. She wished that she could spit acid or something, like other RainWings could. But she couldn't even change the color that her scales were.
But to Destiny, what she could do mattered much more then what she couldn't. Destiny could shapeshift. Based on all of the fantasy-scrolls she read, it was obvious why. She was born on a three-moon eclipse. But she kept that to herself, just like her powers, except not even her sister knew of her theory.
"Because if she did," Destiny hissed, "she'd just dismiss it. Grrr. She thinks I'm like the hatchlings she teaches!" 
She flared her wings once more before pausing and deciding to blow off steam the best way she knew how - flying. Destiny padded up to the doorway and jumped off and opened her wings, taking flight. She glid through the trees, dodging vines and branches.
Destiny emerged into a clearing. In the middle were several hoops. She saw some of her friends - Ribbon and Pomegranate. Ribbon was circling through the hoops hung from the tree branches, while Pomegranate laid on an upper platform, her scales gleaming red. Some dragons found that frightening, despite how friendly Pomegranate was. 
"Hey Destiny!" Pomegranate said. "I'm surprised you aren't practicing!"
Destiny tilted her head, "Practicing? For what?"
"There's a competition!" Pomegranate exclaimed.
"For what?"
"Flying, duh," Pomegranate replied, rolling her head. "It's to get into Far Islands Academy."
"I've never heard of Far Islands," Destiny said.
Pomegranate nodded. "Me neither. It's quite new." 
Ribbon circled to the platform and landed. "I heard Honey is entering," he said.
Destiny narrowed her eyes. She hated Honey, who bullied her because of her lack of venom and scale changing. She had picked up her hobby in part to spite Honey, who always bragged of her speed.
"I'm interested in the competition, and the prize, too. I can't stay under Tiger's talons my whole life," Destiny said.
"You don't have to live with her," Ribbon pointed out.
"Yeah, I don't, but we're sisters," Destiny replied. "I'll bring it up with her anyways." 
"I challenge you to a race," Ribbon said.
"Deal," Destiny replied, spreading her wings.
Destiny arrived back home as the moon started to arrive. Tiger was in the kitchen, her yellow eyes narrowed. "Why are you out this late?" She asked.
"Nice to see you too," Destiny sighed. "I was training with Ribbon and Pomegranate for a competition." At that moment, Destiny decided not to tell Tiger what the competition was for.
"Just stay safe," Tiger said, "and don't scare me like that again!"
Chapter 2
Destiny was woke up by talons on her window. Her claws dug into the blanket, before she saw the familiar silver-and-gold of Ribbon's scales gleaming in the light of the ramp he was holding.
Destiny yawned as she grabbed her satchel and opened the window. She tumbled out and complained, "Who schedules competitions this early?"
"Come on, Destiny! You've still got to stretch," Ribbon told her.
"I'll do it on the way," Destiny said. The two leapt through the trees, the colonies of animals that lived on and in them were silent except for crickets. Maybe I know why, Destiny thought, landing on a thick tree branch and flexing her claws, so it'll be a challenge. 
They arrived in the desolate arena. A couple of dragons were scattered in the seats as Ribbon and Destiny made their way to the competitor's room. They signed in, and just before they entered, Destiny touched her wing to Ribbon's.
"Good luck," she said.
"You too," Ribbon replied. "May the best dragon win."
Destiny's scales tingled with anticipation as she did her stretches. When the announcer called the racers in, she nearly leapt out of her own claws.
She was disappointed that she wasn't close to Honey so that she could maybe sabotage her. Instead, the banana-colored menace was a couple of lanes over, not that it mattered in the race what lane they were in. Treetop racing was tough and unruly.
There was no crowd, only screeching silence as Destiny took flight and burst through a branch's claws. Adrenaline surged through her as she passed a dragon, watching the dragon's scales flash white. There was one good thing about not having changing scales, that they never revealed her emotions. She was close to the front now, and her talons ached from slashing vines out of her way.
With a roar, she got the final burst of speed she needed to carry herself over the finish line. She did a slow circle before settling down on the platform. "First place," said the judge. "What's your name?"
"Destiny," the RainWing said, smirking. She watched as the other dragonets landed around her.
"Wow! Congratulations!" Ribbon exclaimed, bouncing up to her.
"Thanks," Destiny said.
"It wasn't even a question who was going to win," Pomergranate told Destiny.
"If my scales could change color, they'd be pink from embarrassment," Destiny replied, flicking her wings unconsciously.
What will Tiger think? Destiny though suddenly. Then she narrowed her eyes and continued, then she'll have to deal with it. I'm not her doll.
"You'll have to go to the Islands in 3 days!" Ribbon exclaimed.
"That soon?" Destiny asked.
"Yep. I hope you are ready," Pomergranate said.
"I'm always ready!" Destiny exclaimed, digging her claws into the platform.
Chapter 3
Destiny scribbled a letter in the light of the rising sun three days later. Her talons trailed ink across the parchment, and the noise was like talons against wood. Her heart felt like it was breaking, but that was her own fault for not warning her sister about her plans.
"Hey," whispered a voice from the window, "you ready yet?"
"I'll be there in a moment, Ribbon," Destiny muttered. Ribbon was going to be the only one to see her off, as Pomegranate was being forced to go to a pre-school event.
Destiny sighed as she placed it on her pillow. Then she took a leap off her windowsill and Ribbon rose to greet her.
"Rise and shine, am I right?" Ribbon chirped. The sun was still barely visible, and the rain of the day had not even started.
"I'd challenge you to a race, but you've got a long day of flying," Ribbon added.
"Oh, I'm always up for a race," Destiny said. She landed on a branch and stretched her wings.
Ribbon landed on the branch besides her. "Do you even know where we are going? You don't visit the Hatchery often."
"My sister works there," Destiny told Ribbon. Ribbon's wings turned purple while the rest of them turned orange.
"You didn't know that?" Destiny asked.
"Well, you don't talk about your sister often," Ribbon said. "Anyways, are we going to race or not?" Ribbon stepped off the branch and hovered.
Destiny followed, racing past Ribbon. The sun began to rise and spill across her acid green scales. She closed her eyes for a second as she dropped below a branch, and then dramatically rose over it. As she reached the hatchery, she did a loop in the air and landed on a platform.
From this height, she could see the other dragonets going to the school - Cocoa, Sloth, Okapi, and Boa. She knew Cocoa and Sloth from school, and Okapi and Boa both had relatives interested in flying, so they got dragged to races. There was one unfamiliar older dragon.
"Are you really going to go?" Ribbon whined. His scales were now plastered with dark grey.
"Yes, I've made a decision," Destiny replied.
Ribbon nudged Destiny and rested his head on her shoulder. "You know I'm going to miss you," Ribbon muttered.
"I'll miss you too. I'll get to visit often," Destiny told him.
"You better!" Ribbon exclaimed.
"I'm going to go down there," Destiny said, peering over the edge.
"Then go," Ribbon said.
Destiny gave one last look at Ribbon and glided down to the platform. The older dragon Destiny had not recognized exclaimed, "You must be Destiny! I'm Agouti! I teach at the school," the RainWing said.
"Yep, I'm Destiny," said the dragonet in question.
"Now that everyone is here, is everyone ready now?" Agouti asked. The other RainWings shook their heads "yes", but their scales were white and pale green.
"I'm taking that as a yes. Let's go!" Agouti exclaimed and leaped off the platform. Destiny followed her, and soon she heard the beating of wings behind her.
Chapter 4
Destiny kept pace with Agouti while the rest of the group trailed behind. It was sunhigh over the Kingdom of the Sea, and the waves were gleaming jewels below them. Occasionally they could see the shadow of a dragon below the water or the sails of a pod of dolphins, but overall, the seas were silent.
The sky had become a battle between winds - twisting and tearing at the RainWings on their journey. Destiny's eyes were almost closed as she glared ahead. The RainWings behind her had their scales torn with the colors of regret. Seeing as Destiny was a competitive flier and having trouble, she couldn't imagine the pain the other dragonets were in.
"I never should have come!" Complained Okapi.
"Stop complaining," Sloth said, bumping her wing with his shoulder. "We all feel that way.
"Well I don't!" Destiny exclaimed, shouting over the wind. "I think it is a wonderful opportunity!"
"Well of course you think so. Maybe you won't feel so alone if no one else can change their scales, just like you!" Replied Sloth.
Bristling, Destiny turned around to face Sloth and the two hovered midair. The rest of the group circled around them, and Agouti got in the middle of the two dragonets as they glared at eachother.
"No fighting up here, please," Agouti said desparingly. The other dragonets nodded and continued flying, but Destiny shot Sloth a glare as she turned away.
Destiny noticed the slowness of Agouti's wings. She's probaly very tired. Taking care of a dragonet like Sloth must be a lot of work, she thought. Then she remembered her sister, Tiger, and how she probably had noticed her absence by now. Well, its too late to turn back now. 
Suddenly, there was an odd stirring in the air. She had never felt anything like it before, and she realized that this was not something that occurred in the Rain Kingdom.
"Tornado!" Destiny shrieked. Or, rather, a water spout, she thought a second later, but that was a second later.
The other dragonets shrieked and began to spread out as the funnel floated towards the water. Destiny was too close to it, and she felt the wind dragging at her wings.She was in the vortex for a second before going out, and she could no longer see anyone. She lost flight for just a second, and was dragged back in.
She was in there for what felt like an eternity, and her wings felt all wrong and like they would dislodge. She closed her eyes firmly so that nothing got in, so she could not see the whipping of wind.
But she knew that eventually, she burst out of the funnel, and with eyes closed from exhaustion, she began to fall into the sea.
Chapter 5
Destiny narrowed her wings as she dove into the water. Light-filled scales burst across her scales as she writhed in the water. Webs grew between her talons, and she forced herself to filter water through gills as she made the transition to SeaWing.
She forced her eyes to open in the salty sea, and they stung for a moment. Destiny turned in the water to look at the sky, just to make sure that no one else was around, and no one was. Then she looked into the sea, but it was all empty until the blue horizon. Below her was rock, sand, and strands of seagrass.
What to do? Destiny asked as she bobbed in the water. I can still turn back, but I'd have to deal with Tiger. She growled to herself, and a stream of bubbles escaped her mouth.
I have a good enough idea of where the academy is. I think we're somewhere to the left of the Sand Kingdom, so all I have to do is carry on, she thought. Destiny remembered her directions - it had to be near sunset by now, and that meant which way she was going in was easier to tell.
She started swimming, though hunger soon started to tear at her. She was unused to hunting fish, so she decided to rest at an island. Eventually as the moon began to rose, she found an island. She swam out of the ocean and shook her wings, deciding to remain in SeaWing form so no one would be inclined to ask her (a RainWing) what she was doing in the middle of the ocean
As she dragged herself up the tiny beach into the shelter of trees, a voice rang out from a rock ledge above her, "What a coincidence!"
A SeaWing bounced down behind her, his lapis scales gleaming in the dying rays of the sun. "What are you doing here?" He asked in Aquatic. Luckily, Destiny knew it as RainWing had adapted it too so that they could communicate better, which now made the name Aquatic very odd.
"I'm hunting," Destiny said, also in Aquatic.
"So why aren't you going home? Any reasonable dragonet knows not to go to far after dark," the SeaWing replied out loud.
Destiny tilted her head. "Well, you're out here, aren't you?"
"Ha. That's right. I'm Tidepool." The lapis SeaWing offered his talons and Destiny shook them.
Put on the spot, Destiny made up a name. "I'm Dugong."
"So what are you doing here?" Tidepool asked as they made their way up the beach.
"I'm going to Far Islands," Destiny hesitantly admitted.
"Really!" Tidepool exclaimed, giving Destiny a look similar to sloths in adorability. "I'M GOING THERE TOO!"
"Wow! What a coincidence!" Destiny replied.
"Must be fate," Tidepool said, nudging her wing.
"I know a dragon named Fate, and she is very cruel," Destiny joked.
"Why don't we travel together?" Tidepool asked.
Destiny lowered her wings, "I would, but I'm under strict orders from my parents."
Tidepool laughed, "Me too, but that didn't stop me from shaking my bodyguard off."
Bodygaurd? Destiny thought. Then she noticed the odd spirals of his wings. He had to be royalty, or at least nobility.
"Are you nobility?" Destiny asked.
"Yeah, I thought we would have met sometimes," Tidepool told her, pointing a claw at the markings on her wings. Destiny realized that subconsciously she had made a form with nobility patterns.
She replied in Aquatic that flashed across her wings, "Maybe we have." Then, she said, "I'm hungry."
"There's a mango tree right there," Tidepool said.
"Thanks," Destiny said, and plucked a mango from the tree.
A while later, Destiny and Tidepool managed to find a comfortable place, so they lied down to sleep.
Chapter 6
Destiny woke up when the sun started to stretch her talons across the sky in searing red beams. Curled in the roots of the tree next to her was Tidepool, who was loudly snoring.
I can't stay with him much longer. I can't show up as someone who I'm not, Destiny thought, but he isn't that bad and I need some company. And I don't know where I'm going very well.
Then, the RainWing spotted his bag hanging from the branch of a tree. She lunged for it, and let out a breath of triumph. She dug through it until she came across a slightly wet yet still legible scroll featuring a MAP.
SCORE! She quickly memorized it - just more to the west and a tiny bit north. Then she put the bag back on the branch that she found it.
Destiny began to sneak away, but she took one last look behind her at Tidepool before she left the grove. He'll never understand why "Dugong" left him, she thought sadly. Kinda like Tiger. But I'll explain one day.
Then she raced to the peak of the island and launched herself into the air, her scales turning as red as the sky. She had learned that SkyWings had the best sense of direction, so it was the best for her to be one, and she could fly slightly faster.
Destiny kept flying until the sky turned to odd grey then a blue slightly lighter than the sea below. Few clouds dotted the skies. Besides for the last couple of days, Destiny had never seen the sunrise much in her life, which was surprising considering how many times she accidentally got lost in the rainforest while practicing treetop flying.
Eventually, she realized she was tired and still hungry despite her meal yesterday. Destiny didn't find an island, but she did manage to catch a scrawny fish in a SeaWing form before returning to flying.
Even as the sun set, Destiny carried on. She could barely see the skies as a SkyWing (ironically enough) so she turned into a NightWing. She kept on switching wing patterns because they were so beautiful.
If I could change my scales, I would pretend to be a NightWing all the time! Destiny thought. Though she didn't like the NightWings alot. Their newest King had made the tribe more closed off and mysterious, and now starved NightWing refugees and former prisoners arrived every month at the rainforest border.
Older dragons often talked about how the NightWings used to stay in the rainforest under Queen Tualang before Destiny was born, until their King, whose first name remained unknown, claimed the title of Kingmaker and made an island for the NightWings.
Destiny couldn't beleive that story. Imagine that! An animus and a king! It was odd enough for a tribe to be ruled by a king, but an animus too? That was crazy! Even so, the refugees could never point to where the mysterious island was. Maybe they were just living in secret tunnels under Phyrriah, like Sloth had once said in history class.
After an eternity, Destiny could see and island, and as she flew closer she realized the inside of it seemed to be full of crystals. She remembered the odd spikey hole on the map.
This must be it! Destiny thought, as she turned back into a RainWing and began to land in a clearing not far from the cavernous area.
Chapter 7
Like a hawk, Destiny swooped down to the land. She saw no other dragons where she was, but roars and laughter came from the cave entrance. It sounds very intimidating. What if I have the wrong place? Destiny thought, but still continued.
She padded down the rough stone until she came upon a cave lit by fluorescent globes of fire which spun in air currents. Couches, rugs, and portraits claimed the walls and floorlengh, and a giant desk occupied by Agouti gaurded the two tunnels to either side of it.
"Destiny!" The RainWing teacher exclaimed. The few dragons in the room (two IceWings, and odd enough, a NightWing) looked at her, and then returned to their tasks.
"Hello, Agouti," Destiny greeted as she walked up the desk.
"We tried looking for you, but the storm was too tough. We knew you'd be okay, though, because you're the best at flying," Agouti said.
Destiny nodded, "Yep."
"Anyways, here's your scroll. It has all the winglets that dragonets are organized into on it, and also a map of the Clawrake Gorge and the whole island," Agouti said, sliding a scroll across the desk.
Destiny began to unroll the ribbon keeping it together and reading it. She looked at the map first, deciding it was best to get to a safe area. Destiny began walking down the tunnel to the left of the desk.
She didn't see a NightWing hiding in the shadows, and tripped over her. The NightWing had two scrolls, and one of them tumbled out of her claws.
"Oh my claws! I'm so sorry!" Destiny shouted as she grabbed the scroll before it could slide down the tunnel.
"It's okay," the NightWing said. Destiny noticed that she had two silver scales over her eye. It reminded her of mindreader/seer scales, but she couldn't be because of the odd location of the scales.
Destiny noticed an illustration on the scroll, "Is that the Harvest Saga?" Destiny asked.
"You recognize it?" The NightWing asked.
"Yes, I've read it many times," Destiny replied.
"It's nice to see another fan. I'm Constellation," she said.
"Destiny. We should check if we're in the same winglet."
The NightWing began unfurling her scroll, "Good idea, I was just about to do that."
Destiny peered over her shoulder, and saw that she was in Cloud Winglet. Constellation was in there, and so was..... Tidepool. 
"Wow! It's nice to already have met a wingmate!" Constellation said.
"Same for me. I barely know the other RainWings," Destiny said.
"Me too. I live in Possibility," Constellation told her.
Destiny nodded. "Wow. I live near the Rainforest Capitol, but it must not be as busy as Possibility."
"I'm going to the Cloud Winglet Quarters," Constellation said.
"Me too. Why don't we go together?" She asked.
"Twice the lost," Constellation said. They emerged from the tunnel to an area where the sky was visible. Bright gems, mainly quartz, gleamed on the walls.
Tidepool sat near a river that wound through the cave. "I wonder why she lied," he muttered, and Destiny's heart broke.
"Who is he?" Constellation asked, sensing Destiny's worry.
"Tidepool," Destiny whispered as they entered a larger area ten rainforest trees across which was still visible to the sky.
"Do you know him?" Constellation asked, and Destiny could tell that the NightWing meant dating.
"Kinda. He visited the rainforest once," Destiny lied.
They flew up to a cave-tunnel in the wall of the giant area. They snaked in and to the left, which was their quarters.
"It's only us right here," Constellation noted, seeing the names on the moss beds.
"Oh my talons! There's so many books!" Destiny gushed, noticing the bookshelves pressed on the walls.
"Good thing we'll have a lot of time to read them," Constellation said.
That was what sunk in to Destiny that finally, there was no option to turn back.
Chapter 8
Constellation and Destiny flew with the sun reflecting off their scales. They landed on the beach which shone the color of SandWing scales. Several other dragons were on the beach - a red SkyWing with odd wings, a nearly orange SandWing, and a SkyWing with several scars. The scarred SkyWing and the SandWing had backed the odd-winged SkyWing into a corner.
"You shouldn't be here," the scarred SkyWing snarled. "There are real SkyWings who deserve to be here."
"I can't control what tribe I am," the other one cried, cringing against the cliffs.
"But you can choose not to be here," the SandWing said, flaring his wings. Destiny and Constellation had landed now, so from where they were at they could no longer see the dragonet.
The two wingmates shared a glance and Constellation began to charge over, shouting, "Hey!"
The SandWing turned around, and must've been shocked to see a NightWing as he fainted right there and then. Destiny attempted to hide a laugh. The scarred SkyWing growled and whispered something into the odd-Winged one's ear before flying away.
"What was that all about?" Constellation asked.
The SkyWing simply opened his wings. They were red with scattered white, like the sky at sunset flecked with stars. "I'm a hybrid," he said.
"Oh. My name's Constellation, and I'm in Cloud Winglet. She's Destiny, she's in the same Winglet as me," Constellation replied.
"I don't know what Winglet I'm in, but isn't Destiny a NightWing name? Anyways, I'm Corvid," the SkyWing said.
"It is, but I met a RainWing called Hedge once. We don't even have space in the rainforest for hedges!" Destiny exclaimed.
Constellation pulled out the Winglet scroll and then announced, "You're in our winglet!"
"Really?" Corvid said. "That's great!"
"I already know half the winglet!" Destiny exclaimed.
"Really? I thought you only saw Tidepool," Constellation said.
Destiny looked away, "I had a conversation with him."
"I highly doubt it was just a conversation!" Constellation shouted, lashing her tail.
"Shhhhh!" Destiny exclaimed. "I don't want the whole school to be thinking that."
"Or rather, to be knowing that," Constellation muttered.
Destiny threw sand at Constellation, "You are so mean!"
A gong rang from the caves. "We should go back now. That means classes are starting," Corvid said.
"Already?" Destiny asked.
"Now that all students are here, we can start classes," Corvid said. Destiny looked away, knowing that she was the reason why they were held up.
The three wingmates took flight, and as they dove into the main cavern, Destiny couldn't help but think that the crystal shards prodding out of the walls made it look like she was flying into the jaws of death.
== Part 2: Student ==
Chapter 9
When they got to their first station, a Know-Your-Winglet activity, Agouti and the rest of their winglet were already there.
"Sorry to be late," Corvid explained for them, "we were at the beach."
"That's alright!" Agouti said, though the IceWing was looking annoyed. "Why don't we all introduce ourselves?"
"I'll start," Tidepool said, "I'm Prince Tidepool. I like carving things."
PRINCE Tidepool? I thought he was a distant noble, Destiny thought, studying the patterns on his wings.
"I guess I have to go, if we're going in a circle," the IceWing sighed. She flared her wings and then growled, "I'm Permafrost. I like studying ancient history."
"I like history too, especially the Re-Sealing of Darkstalker. Do you think Kinkajou's claims are valid?" Constellation rushed.
"Ancient IceWing history," Permafrost clarified, and Constellation's wings dropped.
Next was the MudWing, who had almost orange scales and a tan underbelly. "My name is Caiman. I'm an unsib, and I like swimming," he said.
"What's an unsib?" Permafrost asked.
"MudWings typically grow up in sibling groups, called sibs. I don't have any siblings," Caiman said.
The whole group looked away.
Constellation started, "I'm Constellation! I like scrolls."
"Do you live on the NightWing Island?" Permafrost asked. "How do you feel about your king?"
"I don't live on the NightWing Island. I live in Possibility, and I don't know much about Kingmaker," Constellation said.
"Kingmaker," Tidepool hissed through gritted teeth, "he kidnapped my sister."
"Then I don't like him!" Constellation exclaimed. "That's terrible!"
"Anyways, I'm Corvid," Corvid said awkwardly. "I like flying."
"I'm Destiny. I like flying too," Destiny said.
Finally, they got to the SandWing that Destiny had not noticed, because their grey-ish scales was almost the same color as the walls. "I'm Gecko. I like gems," the SandWing said.
"It seems like all of you are getting along well!" Agouti exclaimed. Destiny had forgotten that that teacher existed."You all should hang out for the rest of the day, because there are no other classes."
"Hmm. We might do that, but probably not," Permafrost said.
"I feel the same way," Gecko replied.
"It's great to see everyone making friends," Agouti replied, but Destiny could see the flashes of red on her scales and knew she was THIS close to losing it.
"Class dismissed," Agouti said.
Constellation whispered to Destiny as they exited the room, "I feel so bad for that dragon"
Chapter 10
It was nearing night, so Constellation and Destiny started to head back to their cave from a long day of scroll-reading. As they passed the History Room, Destiny couldn't help but notice a familiar voice shouting from in there.
"You WALRUS!" Roared Permafrost. "Scrolls don't care about handwriting?" She said that in a mocking voice. "Who do you think I am? I know that. But animus magic is a wild card, and you need to understand that."
"Oh no. There's about to be a murder!" Constellation gasped.
Destiny chuckled, "Didn't she say she liked history?"
"I guess so," Constellation said, and then pulled Destiny into a side-cave. Her eyes were wide, and Destiny made an odd expression.
"Destiny, I've only known you for one day, but I want to trust you with my darkest secret," Constellation whispered, grasping Destiny's wrist.
"What is it?" Destiny asked. This can't be good.
"It's not anything bad," Constellation said, sensing Destiny's worry. But something was wrong. It was all echoey.
"What was that!" Destiny exclaimed.
"I'm a reverse seer and Mindreader. I was born on a three-moon eclipse, and that's what I think caused it," Constellation thought.
"This is so weird. Not just telepathy, but I was born on a three moon eclipse as well," Destiny said.
"Do you have any cool RainWing powers?" The NightWing asked.
"No, I have the opposite. No color-scales, no venom. But what is reverse seer-ing?" Destiny asked.
"I can see the past of an object," Constellation told her.
"Is that why you like scrolls?"
Constellation shrugged, "Maybe."
"Do you want to go back to the cave?" Destiny asked.
"Sure. It's getting late, after all," Constellation said outloud.
They flew up to their cave, which was linked from the open area. From farther down the tunnel, they could hear shouts in the main area, along with a high pitched screech.
"What could that be?" Constellation asked.
"It sounds like a monkey," Destiny said, cautiously padding forwards.
"Catch it!" Gecko roared from the main area.
"It's escaping!" Tidepool warbled panicily.
"They sound like they could use some help," Destiny commented, and then they hit the main cave.
Chapter 11
While all of the walls had some amount of char, a burning rug was pressed against the wall. Caiman had built a border preventing whatever "it" was from getting in the girls cave, and was leaning over it, her eyes filled with worry. Tidepool, Gecko, and Corvid were chasing around something that Destiny had never seen before.
"What's that?" Destiny asked.
"A scavenger!" Constellation gushed. "They are supposedly the most smart animal!"
"Huh, dragons say that about monkeys," Destiny said.
"Scavengers are smarter than monkeys. I've heard that they can weave things, even draw!" Constellation exclaimed.
At that moment, the scavenger ran between Destiny and Constellation. Corvid flew over the thin area between their heads and the ceiling and stood in front of the scavenger's escape route. His dark wings spanned the entire tunnel, and the scavenger let out a yowl of terror.
At that moment, Gecko barreled through them and secured his talons around the creature. "Gotya," he said, then turning around.
"Sorry about that," he said. "Egret can be a feisty scavenger sometimes."
"Are they your scavenger?" Constellation asked.
"Yes," Gecko said.
"Where do you keep them?" Constellation asked.
"I have an enclosure. It's in my room, so you can't see it," Gecko said.
"Couldn't you bring it out here?" Constellation pointed out.
Gecko sighed, "It's too much work."
Constellation frowned. "I'm going to have to sneak in there," she thought at Destiny, startling her.
"Not tonight!" Destiny said, and then realized that it was too loud and everyone could hear her.
Gecko turned around and gave her an odd look. "Not what?" Then he saw the two dragons standing close together, shrugged, and with scavenger in hand slithered into his cave.
Caiman slowly began to dismantle the border she'd created. "You know, even in the orphanage I didn't have to deal with this." She gestured to the charred walls that Tidepool and Corvid were now tending to.
Suddenly, a chill radiated from the entrance. "What happened?" Permafrost demanded.
"Scavenger attack. We almost died," Tidepool said.
"Well I'm sorry to hear about that," Permafrost hissed, and then blasted frostbreath at the still burning rug, "but don't set things on fire." She turned to glare at Corvid. "It's not that high of a standard." Then she stepped over what remained of Caiman's border and into her branch of the cave. Caiman followed, and Destiny assumed that she was going to have a long talk with her roommate.
Destiny padded up to her nest, laid down, and fell asleep fast for the first time in ages.
Chapter 12The next day, the dragonets were settling into classes, when eventually it came to battle class. Destiny and Constellation, though close, were inseparable now. 
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