Wings of Fire: Dragontwilight502's Fan-Fic

Note: THIS IS NOT MY FAN-FIC! This is Dragontwilight502’s fan-fic from the SAMB (Spirit Animals Message Board). Also, each chapter is from a different dragonets POV. At the start of each chapter it will say who's POV it is. Look out for that so you don't get confused.
==Summary==
There are five dragonets that are kept under a cave for their whole lives. BUT, one day, their guardians take them out of the cave to the Dragonet Academy that the original dragonets made. But shortly after that happens, two strange new tribes arrive in Pyrrhia. And war strikes. But the five were kept under the mountain for a reason. The new tribes are not the biggest danger. The war was caused by something more sinister that the five must stop. And there is a new prophecy.
When peace has lasted for ten years,
five dragonets will come.
When evil dragons bring blood and tears,
five dragonets will come.
Wings of ice will be hidden up high
and on a mountain of the sky.
To find wings of sand, search around
'till you find a tunnel that leads underground.
Wings of night will be checkered with stars
and will be child of a dragon with scars.
For the wings of sea, search through the water
yet retrieval may be a bother.
And the wings of sky will not be seen
by the light and dark tribes' queens.
All born on the darkest night
all born to end the fight.
Will it be darkness or will it be light?
The dragonets will come.
The dragonets are: Nebula the NightWing (male), Whirlwind the SeaWing (male), Inferno the SkyWing (male), Cobra the SandWing (female) and Blizzard the IceWing (female).
The guardians are: Fern the MudWing (female), Splash the SeaWing (female), Stargazer the NightWing (female), Scorch the SkyWing (male) and Frostbite the IceWing (male).
==Tribes==
The new tribes are the LightWings and the DarkWings. Here is the list of queens and alliances in the war. The original tribes are the same as the books, but with a new NightWing queen. (See bottem of post for more information)
DarkWings:
Queen: Queen Dusk
Alliance: N/A; because this is one of the warring tribes
Motive: To get revenge on the LightWings supposedly killing the queen's brother (They didn't, really)
LightWings:
Queen: Queen Dawn
Alliance: N/A; because this is one of the warring tribes
Motive: Angered because they were accused of killing the queen's brother (They didn't, really)
MudWings:
Queen: Queen Moorhen
Alliance: LightWings
Motive: Bigger land for more families
SandWings:
Queen: Queen Thorn
Alliance: LightWings
Motive: To increase trade between their alliances
SkyWings:
Queen: Queen Ruby
Alliance: LightWings
Motive: Power
SeaWings:
Queen: Queen Coral
Alliance: DarkWings
Motive: Treasure
RainWings:
Queen: Queen Glory
Alliance: LightWings
Motive: To protect her dragons
IceWings:
Queen: Queen Glacier
Alliance: DarkWings
Motive: More land
NightWings:
Queen: Queen Moonwatcher
Alliance: DarkWings
Motive: To restore their status
The explanations:
None of the queens wanted to go to war. But, the LightWings and DarkWings heard rumours that the other tribe would kill any tribe who hadn't sided in the war. None of them were true, because they were made by the evil dragons and told to both queens. So, the seven tribes joined the war to save themselves. But neither the LightWings or DarkWings would kill anyone. None of the evil stuff about them is true... Also, Moonwatcher became queen after the second series (In Dragontwilight's post, not in canon).
==Chapter 1==
Nebula
"CAN'T YOU FIGHT AT ALL?" Stargazer roared at me. It was a NightWing-NightWing fight. Pretty even. Not.
My name is Nebula, NightWing of the new prophecy. I was taken from the rainforest as an egg and raised with four other dragonets and five guardians, one who was a total lunatic. Stargazer.
I ducked as Stargazer shot a fireball at my head. She spread her massive wings. Anyone would think she was a SkyWing with them! She actually does have a reddish tint to her scales. Hmmm...
I saw Blizzard watching the fight. She was the IceWing, who acted nothing like our IceWing guardian, Frostbite.
I struck my tail across Stargazer's face. She staggered back in shock.
"I think that's a win for Nebula." Blizzard said softly, tail twitching and eyes wide. She was scared of Stargazer, Scorch and Frostbite. I didn't blame her. If I were timid like her, I would be too.
"Fine." Stargazer stomped off. I saw her look at Fern.
"He doesn't deserve to win." the older NightWing grumbled.
"Nebula beat you fair and square." Fern argued. "Have a heart, Stargazer."
I looked at Blizzard. She looked as if she were trembling.
"I am so busted because of this." she said.
"You're not." I argued. "If anything, Stargazer will get mad at me."
We walked back to our cave. If I haven't mentioned it yet, we're kept under a mountain. Cobra, Blizzard, Whirlwind, Inferno and I, plus our guardians Fern, Splash, Stargazer, Scorch and Frostbite. Us dragonets had a cave, there was a library, a battle cave and the guardians cave.
Once we arrived, I looked around the cave. Cobra, as always, was reading a scroll. She never talked to any of us unless it was to correct or insult us. Inferno and Whirlwind were deep in conversation.
Now, I realized I haven't given you an introduction to the others. There's Blizzard, who I've introduced already. She's our IceWing, and is terrified of the meaner guardians. Cobra is the SandWing. She makes it clear that she hates everything, and has one heck of a temper. The SkyWing is Inferno, who is a natural leader and super protective of us all. And Whirlwind is the SeaWing. He's pretty nice, but a bit awkward.
Our guardians are Fern, Splash, Stargazer, Scorch and Frostbite. Fern's a MudWing. We don't know why she was assigned to take care of us instead of a SandWing, which we don't have. But she's pretty nice and cares about us. Splash the SeaWing is super strict, but nice to us. She makes sure that our personal needs are met, and they come before hers. But she has her mean moments as well. Stargazer is always mad and hates us all. She's like Cobra. But she's actually allowed to hurt us. Scorch is a SkyWing with too much fire. He's nice as long as you don't make him mad. Then he's scary. And Frostbite is our last guardian. He doesn't really care much about us, and is really cut throat and stiff.
==Chapter 2==
Inferno
I looked across the room at Nebula. Out of all five of us, I found that he had it the roughest. Stargazer expected us to be perfect, but since he was a NightWing, she wanted him to be the best. Plus there was the embarrassing fact that he had a female-sounding name. Frostbite's fault, for thinking Nebula was female.
"Why do you think we're kept inside the cave?" I asked, wanting to start some conversation with all five of us.
"There's no war going on." Blizzard agreed.
"Because, you idiots, there are dragons out there who would kill us if they got their claws on us." Cobra snapped, looking up from her scroll.
"Idiots?" Nebula asked. "Nice choice of words, Cobra."
She snarled, and returned to her scroll.
"She's right though." Whirlwind pointed out. Sometimes he liked to lecture us. We needed it though, because Cobra, our scrollworm, never bothered to. "There are dragons who would kill us if they got the opportunity to. Other than Stargazer, of course."
"Want to act out the cause of the war that led to the first dragonet prophecy?" Blizzard asked.
"Sure." Whirlwind answered. "But do we have to play princesses?"
Nebula looked up, interested.
"I can be a princess. I'm fine with it." he answered.
"Cobra?" I asked. "Willing to join?"
"Fine." she grumbled. "Blizzard, Nebula and Whirlwind, you can be the three SandWing princesses. Let's see... Whirlwind can be Burn, Nebula can be Blister and Blizzard can be Blaze."
"Honestly?" Whirlwind asked.
"I can be Queen Oasis and Inferno can be the scavenger." Cobra continued.
But then, Splash peered into the cave.
"Wash up, you five. We caught cows and goats for dinner." she said.
"Guess we'll have to do it later." I shrugged.
Cobra had no reaction. She just glared.
==Chapter 3==
Cobra
The others had no appreciation for me. So what if I liked being Queen Oasis in the games? So what if I prefered to read instead of hangout with them? I was the smart one! They should at least ask me for help!
I glared at the dead goat in front of me. Sure I was hungry, but I didn't really like goat.
"Cobra?" Fern asked. "Are you okay?"
I rolled my eyes. "You know I hate goat."
"Then grab a cow." Scorch groaned. "Simple."
I grabbed the largest one.
"Hey, I wanted that one!" Whirlwind snapped.
"Too bad, so sad, don't cry." I sneered, then started ripping the cow to pieces so I could eat it.
All five of us had something strange about us. Inferno was stronger than any of us. Blizzard was more slender than a typical IceWing. Whirlwind had swirls of purple on his body. Nebula always knew what the guardians were planning. And I, Cobra, had silver eyes. Not very SandWing-y.
"I would like to make an announcement." Frostbite said.
"What?" Nebula asked.
"What did I say about speaking without permission?" Frostbite glared at him until he cringed away. "Anyways, you have not heard about this yet."
I raised a claw. "Frostbite, I've read every scroll you gave me. I seriously doubt I don't know this."
"You don't." he answered coldly.
"I'll handle this." Splash said. "There are two new tribes in Pyrrhia. The LightWings and the DarkWings. They seem to hate each other, and it looks like they may start a war. Luckily, they are in Jade Mountain. Far from here."
"I thought we were under Jade Mountain." Inferno said, obviously surprised.
"You didn't know that we're in a cave in the Kingdom of the Sea?" I asked him. "Typical."
"So, we're increasing our security of the cave." Splash finished. "You may go after finishing your meals."
I wolfed up my cow, and quickly walked out of the eating cave. How could I not have known that? This was a horrifying discovery.
I was not as smart as I thought.
==Chapter 4==
Whirlwind
I followed Cobra into our cave. She was always at our throats, but I actually admired her. She always stood up for herself, and defied the guardians. Which got her in trouble. A lot.
"What do you want, Whirlwind?" Cobra demanded. She always knew when we entered the room. She was creepy that way.
"Nothing." I stammered, my blue tail twitching nervously.
"I know you want something." she answered silkily. "We've been having these conversations for a while. And I've learned to tell when you want something."
See? Creepy. But I liked her. Like, like-liked her. But I couldn't tell her that.
"I want to know what you think about leaving the cave." I told her.
"Leaving the cave?" she asked. "It would be... interesting. But I don't want to be killed." She shuddered. "There are too many dragons who want us dead."
"And why do you think there was a prophecy four years after the first one?" I asked.
"Moonwatcher foretold it." Cobra answered. "She's the first NightWing in over a century to have powers."
"Do you think Nebula has powers?" I asked.
"Probably not. He'd be able to beat me while we fought if he did."
"Come on, Cobra." Inferno complained, walking in with Nebula and Blizzard. "You don't speak more than five words to us three, but you have conversations with Whirlwind? Real nice."
"Nebula found out something." Blizzard said softly. "Something big."
"What?" Cobra barked. "Spit it out!"
"Calm down. Nebula, this might be important." I said, turning to him.
"I heard that..." Nebula gulped. "The guardians are planning on taking us to the outside world."
==Chapter 5==
Blizzard
I really wasn't sure what to think about this. Going outside would be amazing, but scary.
"It would be pretty amazing." Nebula said, as if he had read my thoughts.
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"I don't know." he answered.
"So, the guardians are planning to take us outside the cave?" Cobra snarled.
"It might be fun." Whirlwind said. "Show some spirit, Cobra!"
"I don't show spirit." she told him between gritted teeth.
"Should we ask them about it?" Inferno suggested.
"As long as you do the asking." I told him. "Or we could just spy on them."
"Let's do the spying." Cobra said. She walked out of the cave.
I sighed, and followed her.
When we were standing right in front of the entrance, Nebula sat in the shadows. Inferno slid behind him.
"Blizzard, willing to try the river?" Whirlwind asked.
"Let's give it a shot." I said nervously.
Cobra walked ahead of us. She seemed to want to go in the river as well. I wasn't sure about this though. She was so forceful. But we were able to get in together, and swim to the guardian's cave.
"I don't like this." Scorch growled. "I know he'll try to get his claws on them."
"The school has great protection!" Fern protested.
"And if they get killed, all the better for me!" Stargazer laughed bitterly. "Especially the NightWing. He's pathetic."
I felt bad that Nebula had to hear this.
"No one should suspect that they're different." Splash said.
"I don't have to like your plans, though." Scorch rolled his eyes.
"We do have problems with them, though." Frostbite pointed out. "Inferno is much stronger than a normal SkyWing. Nebula knows what we're thinking. Cobra is aggressive. Blizzard has issues with everyone. But Whirlwind is pretty normal, though."
I heard Cobra snarl. But it was true. She was aggressive. And mean. And antisocial. And stubborn. But that was mean, what he had said about me.
"Putting them in school would be educational!" Splash said.
School. I shuddered. Hundreds of other dragonets... that scared me.
"We've heard enough." Cobra said, turning around. "Let's go."
"But..." I protested.
"It's fine, Blizzard." Whirlwind said. "Let's go back."
We went back the way we came in silence.
==Chapter 6==
Nebula
Shielding Inferno was kind of hard. But he didn't release a burning heat like Scorch did. Even though that was just because the older SkyWing had fire in his scales.
But, I heard the guardians saying things, non related to the conversation.
I'm stuck with a bunch of morons.
What if our plans go wrong?
COWS COWS COWS COWS COWS...
Heat. I hate it.
What the-? What were they talking about?
"What is it?" Inferno whispered.
"I hear them talking. Stargazer called everyone morons." I answered.
"How come I didn't hear that?" Inferno complained.
Then Cobra, dripping wet, stalked by. Whirlwind and Blizzard were behind her. I could hear something from Whirlwind.
I don't know why, but I've always admired Cobra. She has that way of defying the guardians so she can get her wishes. I wish I did as well.
"Do you seriously like Cobra?" I asked.
"Ummm... No." Whirlwind answered quickly. "I have a thing called standards."
"We heard enough." Cobra snarled. She walked off.
The five of us walked back to our cave. Cobra returned to reading her scroll. Blizzard breathed some ice on the ground below her feet and curled up on it. Whirlwind looked at the pool of water in the corner of the cave, and walked into it and lay down. Inferno flew up, and curled around a stalactite. I went into the darkest corner, and curled up. I drifted off to sleep.
I ran through the rainforest. It was beautiful. I reached out, and grabbed a mango. Taking a bite out of it, I threw my head back and happily blasted fire into the air.
But then, the sky turned red. I turned my head to the left to see Cobra and a male SandWing dueling each other. He seized her neck in his jaws. She thrashed around.
I ran to help her, but something threw me back. I jumped again, but again was knocked back. Then I saw five other dragonets; the SandWing Cobra was fighting, an orange SkyWing, a green SeaWing, a white IceWing and a NightWing. He looked a bit like me, with the same black scales with hints of purple and blue here and there.
Nebula? a voice said. Nebula!
Who was it? I whipped around, and screamed as my vision started to blur red.
==Chapter 7==
Inferno
I opened one eye. I was trying to sleep, but someone kept making noise!
Nebula was twitching and moaning from where he was lying. I jumped down from my stalactite, and shook him.
"It's just a dream!" I exclaimed. His eyes opened.
"Inferno...?" he asked. "You wouldn't believe it. It was awful."
Then he slumped down. Back to sleep. I guess I had to go back to sleep as well.
The next morning, we had flying lessons. I aced them. But there was the fact that I was wearing my lucky charm. It was a piece of twine with a chip of my stalactite on it.
"We have news!" Scorch said. "We decided to enroll you in school!"
We had no reactions to this, because we'd heard it the night before.
"You're not excited?" Fern asked, wings drooping. "It's a great opportunity for you all."
"We are." Blizzard said softly. "But I'm nervous as well."
"It'll be fine." Splash snapped. "Maybe this prophecy wasn't even about you, and you can live normal lives now."
"I hope you know where Jade Mountain is." Fern said.
"It's a giant mountain. How could we miss it?" Cobra asked sarcastically.
"That's where you need to go." Scorch said. "Go."
Frostbite opened up the exit to the cave. Neither he or Stargazer had said anything. Probably because it was something bad about all of us.
I whizzed out of the cave and into the open world. I smelled the salty sea. Right, Cobra had said we were in the Kingdom of the Sea.
Whirlwind came out next. He looked longingly at the water below us.
"I wish we could take a detour to see if we could find my parents." he said longingly.
"I promise we'll do that soon." I assured him.
Nebula and Blizzard came out. Blizzard had screamed in shock after seeing how high above the water we were. Nebula held her talon, as if nervous that she would drop into the sea.
Then Cobra came out. She held a bag in her talons; ideally filled with scrolls.
We then set out for Jade Mountain.
As we flew, we saw SeaWings flying over the sea as well. They were the dragons going to the school from this tribe. I bet we looked weird here. Oh well.
Soon, we were flying over land. MudWings, RainWings, NightWings and a few SkyWings joined us. Nebula looked in the direction of the rainforest. I knew he wanted to go find his family. I wanted to find mine as well. The Sky Kingdom wasn't that far away.
Then, Cobra spoke for the first time during the trip. We had all had conversations, but she had never spoken in them.
"There! Jade Mountain!"
It was hard not to miss now that we saw it. The mountain was huge.
With a tap, we landed. I knew we were in the right place. Why? There were tons of other dragonets in the area.
Then, I looked at what was in front of us. It was a cave, with torches on the sides. This was the Dragonet Academy.
There were seven dragons, one from each tribe, standing in front of the cave. The SeaWing was pretty, and had dark blue scales with purple and grayish blue scales scattered across her body and silver swirls. The SkyWing was coppery-red. The SandWing was practically white. The RainWing was at the moment a warm sunny orange. The NightWing was dark purple. The MudWing had a green hue in his brown scales. And the IceWing was silver.
"Hello everyone!" the SeaWing called. "My name is Twilight. The seven of us here are the head counselors for the dragonets of our tribes. We are the oldest dragons in the oldest year. There will be a meeting later in the day. But for now, we'll take you to where you and the others of your tribe will be staying. If you are second year or up, you know where to go. If you're first year, listen carefully.
"If you're a MudWing, go with Swamp over there. If you're and IceWing, go to Frost. If you're a SandWing, go with Stroke. If you're a SkyWing, go with Osprey. If you're a RainWing, go with Tropical. If you're a NightWing, go with Mistleaper. And come with me if you're a SeaWing."
Cobra followed the SandWing to the white SandWing, Stroke. I noticed Nebula get caught in the crowd of NightWings. Blizzard quickly ran over to her counselor. Whirlwind looked around, and walked over to Twilight with the other SeaWings.
I sighed, and walked over to the copper SkyWing, Osprey. This was my first time being separated from the others. I hoped I would be able to handle it.
==Chapter 8==
Cobra
I glared at the other dragonets with me. It seemed so wrong being with them. Being with other members of my tribe. It just didn't feel right. Stroke looked unheathily pale. But my scales were a tawny gold, much darker than any of theirs. From the cave, I guessed.
We walked into the cave behind the RainWings and in front of the NightWings. I knew Nebula might have been watching me. And I didn't really like that much.
We walked past a few caves before reaching a cave filled with sand. There were already older SandWings there.
"This is the cave for us SandWings." Stroke said. Her voice had no emotion, and her eyes were like stone. I couldn't see what she was feeling.
"Wait, we're supposed to sleep on sand?" I asked.
"Haven't you done it before?" one of the older SandWings asked.
"Never. I live in a cave. One that's not infested with pale coloured idiots." I pointed out dryly.
The other dragons gasped. Stroke glared, and stalked up to me. Two other dragons climbed to their feet, and flanked her.
"Listen, just because you're a SandWing doesn't mean you'll be accepted with these SandWings." she snarled. "If you don't know already, I'm in charge."
"It's obvious. Your buddies worship you like idiots." I snarled back, just as viciously.
"I'd suggest you leave while you have the chance."
"Dream on, storm cloud."
I then shoved past her and her 'bodyguards'. I flicked my tail, and walked into the darkest part of the cave.
Everyone would think I couldn't see. But living in a dark cave for my whole life had its perks. My eyesight was more adapted to the darkness.
A few minutes later, a SandWing walked up to me. She had light yellow scales and a pattern like a rattlesnake's going down her back. But she showed no hostility. Her eyes actually had a kind look to them.
"I'm sorry about Stroke." she said. "I've known her since I was a dragonet. That was right before she started coming here."
"Was she as caring and sweet as she is now?" I sneered.
"Still the same as she is now." she answered. "I'm Rattlesnake."
"Cobra." I answered.
"You excited for this?"
"Not really."
"You're the one who arrived with a SkyWing, a SeaWing, an IceWing and a NightWing, right?"
"Yeah, and I'm sure Stroke and the others will tease me because of it."
"That's actually cool. You probably learned about their tribes and became great friends with them."
"Learned about their tribes, yes. Become great friends with them, no."
"That's too bad. What subjects were you signed up for?"
I thought. "I overheard Nebula say that I was going to be in fighting, flying, history and hunting."
"Same!"
We chatted for a while. I couldn't believe it. I had made a friend. My first one in my whole life. I was making great progress.
==Chapter 9==
Whirlwind
"Current?"
"Here!"
"Plankton?"
"Here!"
"Ripple?"
"Here!"
"Whirlwind?"
"Here." I answered.
Twilight was doing role-calls to make sure everyone was here. She was a friendly and stubborn dragon, but not Cobra stubborn. I liked her, and thought that she was a good leader.
Our cave was filled with water. But there was still land around the edges.
"I would just like to say one thing." Twilight told us all. "Swamp, Stroke, Tropical, Osprey, Mistleaper, Frost and I are the oldest dragonets in the school. That's why we're in charge of the younger dragonets in our tribes. And, some of us, like Stroke, Tropical and Osprey, aren't too pleased about it. So, please be careful around them. Stroke and Tropical especially hate this, and they're the ones who have the option to kill you, though that would result in expulsion."
Then, the torches in the cave flickered.
"What's that?" I asked.
"The assembly is going on." she answered. "Follow me, in a single file line."
We all lined up, and walked out. I was in between a dark green SeaWing and a silvery blue one.
"Hi." I said softly to the dragonet ahead of me.
"Hi." she answered, her green wings looking brighter in the light of the torches. "Whirlwind, isn't it?"
"That's me." I answered.
"Seahorse."
"Think we'll be able to ace our classes?"
"I'm aiming to be at the top of the class. Don't get in the way. Though I'll kindly appreciate you being number two."
"I don't think it's me you have to worry about."
"Seahorse, stop filling Whirlwind's head with stuff saying he's gonna lose." the silvery blue one told her. "I'm Eel. I like the swirls you have on your scales."
I looked at the purple swirls on my cerulean scales. "Uh, thanks."
"Seahorse, Whirlwind and Eel, be a bit quieter!" Twilight called.
We walked in silence until we reached a huge cave. The RainWings, IceWings and SkyWings were already there. I saw Inferno talking to three other SkyWings and waved. I saw Blizzard looking at an older IceWing hanging out with his friends.
"If you have friends in other tribes, you may see them now." Twilight said.
I instantly shot over to Blizzard.
"Hi Whirlwind." she said softly.
"Who's that?" I flicked my tail toward the older IceWing.
"His name is Sleet." she answered. "He's nine, in the third year."
"What about him?"
"I... I... I think he might be related to me."
"Really? That's actually kind of cool. You could be the first one of us to have found family."
Then Inferno and his three friends walked over to us.
"Hey Whirlwind, Blizzard." he said.
"These are the dragons you told us about?" one of the SkyWings, a dark red female, asked. "The IceWing looks so sweet!"
Blizzard took a step back in surprise, obviously not sure what to think of this.
"Blizzard and Whirlwind." Inferno said. "And these are Thunder, Eagle and Breeze."
Breeze was the female. Eagle was a bright orange. And Thunder was blood red with veins of gold running through his wings.
"So you were the ones Inferno grew up with." Thunder said.
"You told them?" I asked.
"Not everything." he held his wings up as if to surrender.
"Oh, calm down." Eagle said. "It's just his past. Calm down."
Inferno resumed talking to the three. Blizzard and I slunk off, only to see the SandWings enter. I saw Cobra and another SandWing talking to each other. Good. She had at least one friend.
Soon the MudWings and NightWings came in. Nebula joined us.
"How's your counselor?" he asked.
"Twilight's pretty cool. She's nice as well." I answered.
"Frost is mean to the naughtier dragonets, but he was nice to me." Blizzard said.
"Lucky. Mistleaper yells more than you could imagine!" Nebula stopped his claw. "I don't really know if she's a kind dragon or not."
Then, the lights flickered. The three of us went silent. Then, I noticed the platform. Dragons stood on it. The one in front was a tawny gold SandWing with green eyes. Sunny, founder of the school. Even though the torches lit up the cave, the SandWing's smile was the brightest thing in it.
"Hello, new and old students!" she called. "For those of you who don't know me, I'm your principal, Sunny."
I grinned. I liked her already.
"Now, let me introduce the teachers for the first year." Sunny continued. "Your history teacher is Webs. You're reading teacher is Starflight. Your flying teacher is Peril. Your fighting teacher is Leopard. And your hunting teacher is Deathbringer.
"For second years, your history teacher is Echo. Your reading teacher is Starstorm. Your flying teacher is Falcon. You're fighting teacher is Mulch. And your hunting teacher is Shard.
"For third years, your history teacher is Glare. You're reading teacher is Mist. Your flying teacher is Monkey. You're fighting teacher is Six-Claws. And your hunting teacher is Flame."
I looked away for a minute, and saw something I probably shouldn't have.
It was a strange dragon. His eyes were glowing. And then I looked directly into them. And blacked out.
==Chapter 10==
Blizzard
"Whirlwind!" I gasped, darting to his side. Sunny stopped mid-sentence and looked at us.
"Is he okay?" she asked, jumping down from the platform.
"I'm not sure." I answered.
Sunny put a claw on his side.
"He seems fine. But what could have caused this?" she asked.
"I don't know. I just saw him collapse." I answered.
"It's okay." Sunny put a wing around me. I didn't expect that. She seemed like a mother to all of the dragonets!
Then, I saw Nebula and Inferno weaving through the crowd.
"What happened?" Inferno asked.
"I don't know." I answered.
"You four know each other, right?" Sunny asked. "And then there's the SandWing, right? Where is she?"
"She won't care for this stuff." Nebula answered.
"I would like to make an announcement." Sunny called out to the crowd. "We have always paired first year drag up dragonets with third years to be cheap or chaperone helpers. I will give the list to everyone, but first these four and their SandWing." She lowered her voice. "What was her name again?"
"Cobra." I answered.
"Inferno will be with Ember. Nebula will be with Blossom. Whirlwind will be with Typhoon." she listed. "Cobra will be with Cactus. And Blizzard will be with Sleet."
Sleet? I couldn't believe it! This was the dragon who I knew I was related to!
He was the first to come out of the crowd, his silvery-white scales practically glowing in the torch light. He had dark blue eyes, the same as mine.
"So you're Blizzard." he smiled at me. "I've been waiting to meet you."
Could he know I was probably his sister? I didn't know.
The other dragons, Ember, Blossom, Typhoon and Cactus, came out of the crowd as well. I hadn't expected Inferno to be with a MudWing, or Nebula to be with a RainWing. Ember was huge, with glittering brown scales with amber and gold underscales and green eyes. She had to be leader of her troop. Blossom, currently, was purple, green and blue. She had them swirled together, and looked pretty like that. Typhoon was turquoise, and muscular. His wings were smaller than a normal dragon's. And Cactus was pale amber-gold. He had a black stripe over one eye.
"As soon as I've assigned first years to third years, they may go, as with the second years. Fourth, fifth and sixth years, stay a bit longer." Sunny said.
Sleet and I walked out of the cave together. I started to turn in the direction of the IceWing cave, but he flared a wing in my path.
"Come with me." he said, walking in the direction away from the caves.
"Um, okay?" I answered, chasing after him.
Soon, we were outside, on a small cliff above a steep drop.
"Are we supposed to be here?" I asked.
"No one knows this is here." Sleet answered. "Now, Blizzard. I know every dragonet from the Ice Kingdom who's in their first year in this school. And not one of them is named Blizzard."
"Because I'm not from the Ice Kingdom!" I blurted out. Then I froze. I had just revealed why I was different.
"Blizzard, I had a younger sister stolen as an egg six years ago." Sleet continued. "I knew all dragonets had to learn school someday. So I decided to wait for the time when she would come here."
"Who are your parents?" I asked. Then I realized how stupid that sounded.
"My mother is Queen Glacier." he answered. "And my father is an IceWing named Penguin. But my sister was actually my half-sister. Her father was an IceWing-RainWing hybrid named Leopard. He teaches at this school."
"But why did you bring me out here?" I asked.
"Because I know that you're Queen Glacier's daughter." Sleet answered. "I know you're my sister."
==Chapter 11==
Nebula
I didn't know anything about RainWings. So I wasn't too sure why Sunny had paired me up with one. Blossom looked nice, but appearances can be deceiving. But Inferno and I weren't the only ones paired up with dragons that weren't from our tribes. There were tons more.
"So, I'm the one who will be with you if you ever leave the school." Blossom told me. "Whenever Sunny or another teacher gives you an assignment that calls for travelling out of the school, I go with you."
"Okay, thanks." I answered.
"I'll be in the RainWing cave if you need me." she added. "See you!"
The first break happened a few minutes after. Inferno, Whirlwind, Blizzard and I met up.
"Sleet is my brother!" Blizzard said, excitedly hopping from one foot to the other.
"Lucky." Whirlwind's wings drooped slightly. "I wish I found my sibling here."
"Maybe your siblings are too young to go to the school." I told him kindly.
"Maybe." he sighed.
"What subjects do you have?" Inferno asked. "Mine are history, hunting, fighting and reading."
"Reading, hunting, fighting and flying." Whirlwind said.
"Reading, hunting, history and flying." Blizzard said.
"History, flying, fighting and reading." I said. "Cobra doesn't have reading."
Then, the torches flickered. We shared a look. The classes began now. We might just be separated right now.
The first class was history. So no Whirlwind.
Cobra and another SandWing, Rattlesnake, were sitting next to each other, talking. Inferno, Blizzard and I were at a table for three. Our teacher, Webs, stood at the front of the classroom.
"Can any of you tell me how long the war for the SandWing throne was fought?" he asked.
Many wings shot up, including mine and Cobra's.
"Cobra." Webs said. Everyone's wings went down. I saw a dark green SeaWing glare at Cobra.
"The war was fought for 18 years, and was supposed to be fought for 20, but the dragonets of destiny wanted to escape and end the war when they were 6, so it ended earlier." Cobra answered.
"That's good." Webs said. She ignored him.
"The war was started because of the three rival sisters, Burn, Blister and Blaze. They all wanted to rule after Queen Oasis died." she continued. "Burn had an alliance with the MudWings and SkyWings, Blister had an alliance with the SeaWings as well as a secret one with the NightWings and Blaze was allied with the IceWings, but most of the SandWing supported her. 10 years into the war, a NightWing named Morrowseer prophesied that there would be five dragonets that would end the war. But what he didn't say was that the NightWings would join the war once they picked an ally, and tip the balance so their ally won, and they could get the rainforest."
Webs looked surprised. "Thank you Cobra. Now, who can tell me who won the war?"
"Queen Thorn!" Cobra answered.
"Thank you, Cobra." Webs said, seeming slightly annoyed. "What was each queen's motive?"
This time, the dark green SeaWing was called on. Webs called her Seahorse.
"Burn would have probably kept the war going on just to see the dragons die." Seahorse answered. "Blister would have probably tried to be queen of all the tribes. And Blaze didn't have a motive. She just wanted to be queen."
"Thank you, Seahorse." Webs told her. "Why were RainWings not involved in the war?"
I knew the answer to this one, and pleaded in my head that Webs would pick me.
"Let's see... Nebula."
"None of the rival queens wanted RainWings in their armies because they thought that they were lazy and useless. No one knew that the RainWings actually had the most powerful weapon in Pyrrhia."
"Thank you, Nebula."
I was surprised with myself. I had actually answered a question correctly. Maybe school wasn't that bad.
==Chapter 12==
Inferno
The first week of school was pretty good, honestly. Thunder, Eagle and Breeze accepted me. I liked them too. But Nebula made sure I didn't forget about him, Whirlwind and Blizzard.
But unlike Cobra, I sort of failed my classes. I wasn't the worst at history, but I was third closest to the bottom. That meant bad. Hunting I was okay in. Fighting was my best out of them. I was seventh place. But I failed reading. I wished I had flying! But it seemed that the subject that dragonets specialized in was the one that they didn't take.
One day, in history, I saw Webs write the list of best to worst students. There were twenty of us in all.
1. Cobra
2. Seahorse
3. Thunder
4. Nebula
5. Rattlesnake
6. Plankton
7. Panther
8. Frog
9. Chill
10. Moonshadow
11. Brittle
12. Blizzard
13. Current
14. Mango
15. Crane
16. Cactus
17. Jungle
18. Snowflake
19. Inferno
20. Eel
I couldn't believe it. I was at the bottom of the heap, with only one dragon under me!
"The top five will get two free periods." Webs told us. "The top ten will get one free period. Snowflake, Inferno and Eel, stay back in class for a few minutes. I want to talk to you."
As the flickering torches signaled the end of class, I walked over to Webs along with a silvery blue SeaWing and a pale gray IceWing.
"Inferno, Snowflake, Eel." Webs told us, not sounding very happy. "You should be trying to get better scores."
"I was trying!" Snowflake protested. "It's just I stink!"
"I can't do anything in school." Eel sighed.
"I... I... I don't know why I flunked!" I stammered. "I'm sorry about it! I'll try to do better!"
The real reason was that in free periods when you should be studying and reading notes, I had been out with Thunder, Eagle and Breeze, visiting the Sky Kingdom. With no older dragons with us. But they knew I wasn't from the Sky Kingdom. I couldn't keep all of my secrets from them.
As soon as the day was over, I got together with Whirlwind, Nebula and Blizzard outside the school, where most dragonets talked with their friends at the end of the school day. But before meeting them, I had overheard a conversation from Cobra and her friend Rattlesnake.
"...we would get in lots of trouble." Rattlesnake was saying.
"Oh, come on!" Cobra protested. "You're from the Kingdom of Sand! You can take me there, and we can talk to Queen Thorn!"
"But when would we do it?" Rattlesnake asked.
"I was hoping tonight." Cobra answered.
Then, I ran off. Was Cobra going to convince Rattlesnake to take her to the Kingdom of Sand? Maybe I would have to tell the others about this.
"I heard that Webs talked to you after history." Whirlwind told me.
"He did. He wanted me to improve." I answered.
"You're not the one who failed everything." Blizzard told me.
Just then, a shadow loomed over the courtyard. I turned in the direction of it.
Two massive dragons landed on top of the school. One of them looked slightly crystalite, and had yellow scales, blue horns and blue wings that looked like a butterfly's. The other was jet black, with light green-blue stripes and wings.
"Who are they?" I wondered aloud.
"The black one is creepy." Nebula said.
"I am Queen Dawn of the LightWings!" the yellow one roared.
"And I would be Queen Dusk of the DarkWings." the black one growled.
Weren't LightWings and DarkWings the tribes Frostbite had told us about?
Then, Sunny and a few other teachers walked out of the cave.
"Why are you here?" Sunny demanded.
"We have come with a message." Queen Dawn announced. "The first thing our tribes have agreed on in over a century."
"We need alliances for war." Queen Dusk growled. "It will come."
Then she flew off. Queen Dawn followed her.
I stiffened.
"What did that mean?" I asked.
"Dawn and Dusk will be recruiting our tribes for war." Sunny said. "A new war will come across the land very soon."
==Chapter 13==
Cobra
I stood at the exit to our cave that night.
"Ready?" I asked Rattlesnake.
"If we get in trouble, I'm blaming it on you." she told me.
We then flew through the halls -which was against the rules, but no one was awake- as fast as we could. Then, I shot out of the school.
"What do you think was up today?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Rattlesnake answered.
"With those two dragons. Dawn and Dusk."
"I don't know. It's kind of creepy."
"It'll be just like ten years ago. War will rage and only a group of dragonets can end it."
"Moonwatcher made a prophecy six years ago. About light and dark and wings of ice, sky, sand, sea and night. Not in that order, though."
"Cool."
We stopped talking. In silence, we flew to the Kingdom of Sand. The stronghold was noticeable, as it was huge. There was a dragon on the balcony. Queen Thorn. I had never seen her before, but I knew it was her. Another dragon was flying away from the stronghold. I couldn't get a good look at it, but it looked like that Queen Dawn dragon.
Queen Thorn turned her head in our direction.
"I know you're there." she said. "Come forward now before I call my guards."
Rattlesnake and I looked at each other. We slowly flew closer to her.
"Rattlesnake?" the queen asked. "What are you doing?"
"My friend asked to talk to you." Rattlesnake answered.
"In the middle of the night?" Thorn asked. "It's not the best time. I have to prepare my armies for the war. Not that I want to do it, though."
"You're joining the war?" I asked.
"Dawn told me that she had already gotten Ruby and Moorhen to join her." she answered. "She was headed for Glory next."
"But Queen Glory would never want war again!" Rattlesnake gasped.
"I heard the DarkWings would do pretty awful things to the tribes that didn't take part in the war." Thorn shuddered. "Dawn wants to help protect the tribes. But Dusk has the NightWings on her side at the moment. They elected Moonwatcher as queen, and left the rainforest. Dusk also has an agreement with Coral, and is moving toward Glacier. I fear there is no other choice than war."
I couldn't help but feel bad for the queen. My queen, honestly.
"I don't want to bother you, but have there been any eggs stolen in the past six years?" I asked.
Thorn hesitated. "There... haven't."
I nearly fell from midair. That meant my parents were either from the Talons of Peace or outlaws that left the kingdom.
"Cobra? Are you okay?" Rattlesnake asked.
"Let's go back to the cave." I said quickly.
"I guess I'll see you around." Thorn told us.
"Yeah." I answered.
The two of us flew back to the school. I felt like I had lost something. I had. Lost hope that I would ever find my parents.
==Chapter 14==
Whirlwind
That morning, I woke to the sounds of snarling dragons. No one else was in the cave. What was going on?
"Eel? Seahorse? Twilight?" I called. No answer.
I decided to see what was happening. So I climbed to my feet (didn't really want to) and looked outside the cave.
Practically everyone was fighting! Some fights were physical, others verbal. I seemed to be the only one who wasn't arguing with anyone!
I saw Thunder and Seahorse trying to bite each other. A RainWing named Jungle was arguing with Snowflake. Two NightWings, one whose name I forgot and the other named Moonshadow, were cornering Crane, a small MudWing.
Then Cobra and Rattlesnake walked out of the SandWing cave.
"What the heck is going on?" Cobra asked.
Nebula was trying to make his way through the crowd.
"Hope this doesn't ruin your little friendships!" Seahorse sneered as he went past her.
"What's going on?" Rattlesnake asked. I jumped. I hadn't noticed that she and Cobra had walked up to me.
"It has to be related to those two dragons. Dawn and Dusk." Nebula, having finally gotten to us, said. "They said there would be war."
"Dawn has gotten Queen Ruby, Queen Moorhen and Queen Thorn to join her." Cobra told us. "She wanted Queen Glory to as well, but I don't know how that went. Dusk definitely has Coral and Moonwatcher on her side, and probably Glacier too."
"Moonwatcher?" I asked. "She's a queen now?"
"Apparently." she shrugged.
"And how do you know this?" Nebula asked.
"I... heard a teacher talking about it?" she answered.
"Well, we need to talk to a teacher right now!" I said. "This is crazy!"
We worked our way through the crowd. I hoped Blizzard was okay. And Inferno.
I heard Rattlesnake yelp as someone stepped on her foot. Another dragon crashed into Nebula.
After about ten minutes, we got to Sunny's office. There was A LOT of fighting going on! Practically all the students were doing it!
"Sunny, STOP THE FIGHTING!" we all screamed as we saw her.
"Whoa, what's the big deal?" she asked, shocked.
"Everyone's fighting!" Cobra told her. 
"And it doesn't seem like it's going to stop!" Nebula added.
"Calm down!" Sunny told us all. "I know that there's fighting!"
"Can you stop it?" Rattlesnake asked.
"I don't think that there's any hope." Sunny sighed. "The LightWings and DarkWings have their allies now. War is brewing."
"What about the academy?" I asked. "It's for dragonets of all tribes. What will happen to it in the war?"
"I'm afraid we'll have to..." Sunny's voice slightly cracked. "Shut down the academy."
==Chapter 15==
Blizzard
And so, we were packing up to leave. I couldn't believe that this wonderful place would be shut down.
"Will you come back to the Ice Kingdom with me?" Sleet asked.
"I... I think I'm going to try to end this war." I told him.
"How?" he asked.
"Sunny and her friends were able to do it. My friends and I can as well." I answered. But could we actually?
The five of us flew over the Mud Kingdom.
"So just like that?" Nebula asked. "It's over?"
"We should actually go back to our kingdoms!" Inferno snapped. "We would be able to find our families!"
"I don't know." Cobra admitted. "It would be nice to live near Rattlesnake, but would I be wanted? Queen Thorn said that there were no eggs stolen recently. Who would I stay with?"
"I guess you're right." I sighed. Just because I had found my family didn't mean the others had. I wished I could go to the Ice Kingdom. But I couldn't leave my friends.
"I've heard that the NightWings moved." Whirlwind told us. "That means we don't know where they are. So Nebula may not have a home unless we find them."
The five of us went silent. But then, I heard loud wingbeats. None of them belonged to us.
"Guys..." I started.
Then we were attacked. Seven dragons, all clad in black armor, dove at us. I couldn't tell what tribe they were from.
"WHAT THE-" Cobra screamed. She couldn't finish because one of the attackers wrapped a claw around her mouth.
"There's too many!" Inferno called. He was fighting two of them.
"We didn't mean to trespass on your land!" I said quickly.
"These aren't MudWings!" Nebula told me. "They don't care about us on the land!"
Then, I felt a blow on the back of my head. I slipped into blackness.
==Chapter 16==
Nebula
The dragons eventually beat us. They tied our wings and mouths. So we couldn't fly away or scream for help.
Cobra walloped the dragon holding her with her tail. In shock, he dropped her. One of the others caught her quickly.
"Careful, idiot." he snarled. "The boss wants these ones alive."
The boss? Who was the boss? I was nervous about this. 
We were carried in the claws of these dragons until we landed by a mountain. This wasn't Jade Mountain, or one of the Sky Kingdom mountains. This was in between. I was even more nervous now.
The dragons dragged us down some stairs, and threw us in cells. I rubbed my head. It had slammed into the wall of my cell.
Blizzard stirred. She was in the cell across from me. 
"Where are we?" she asked.
"I don't know." I answered. "These evil dragons are keeping us here for some reason."
I looked around. On my right, Cobra had started pacing. She was hissing some not-so-good words under her breath. To my left, Whirlwind was twitching nervously. Inferno was next to Blizzard, looking confused.
"What's that?" Whirlwind asked suddenly, pointing to a sheet of paper near Cobra's cell. "Cobra, can you read it?"
"Whatever." Cobra lashed her tail. "'Hello, dragonets of the prophecy. I apologize for our methods of getting you here. My minions aren't the most lovable dragons around. You may have heard of the war going on. And we have brought you here so you remain safe and unharmed. Only if you listen to us, though. I would advise you to be careful. One wrong move, and you may regret it. Who are we, you may ask. We are the Shadow Talons. And we are back. Signed, Nevermore, leader of the Shadow Talons.' What the heck? Is that supposed to be creepy?"
"It is." Blizzard shuddered. "I feel like we're going to die here."
"We just have to listen to them." Inferno pointed out. "Is that so hard to do?"
"It depends on what they ask us to do." I answered. "They might ask us to leave each other and go fight in the war."
"Like that would be so hard to do." Cobra sneered.
"It would." Whirlwind sighed. "I wouldn't want to face any of you in battle. Even you, Cobra!"
Just then, there was the creak of a door opening. I looked in the direction of the sound. A dragon had come in to the room... but he was unlike any dragon I had ever seen.
He looked a bit like a NightWing, but had four wings. Also red eyes. He had tail fins, and black, ear-like horns behind his actual horns.
I shuddered. Part of me knew that this was the leader of the Shadow Talons. The other part just felt extreme terror.
==Chapter 17==
Inferno
Who and what was this dragon? He was unlike any dragon I'd ever seen.
"Who are you?" I asked, trying to mask my fear.
He didn't respond. Either he ignored me or couldn't speak.
He looked each of us over. I stood tall, but was still quivering. His red gaze moved from me to Blizzard, who squeaked in shock and fear. Then he turned to the other side, with Nebula, Whirlwind and Cobra.
"Fear." he growled slowly, after looking at each of us. "I smell it."
"How can you smell fear?" I asked. "It's impossible."
"Nothing is impossible, Inferno." he hissed.
He knew my name.
"You're the leader of these Shadow Talons, aren't you?" Cobra demanded. "You're Nevermore."
"Yes." he answered. "Take them."
Six guards came in. One for each of us, but two for Cobra. I understood why.
We were dragged out of the prison area. I looked around, and noticed our surroundings. There were dragons from all the tribes in here. A multi-tribe division. There were even RainWings.
I heard Whirlwind let out a faint gasp. Then, I looked forward. 
A huge, skull-shaped cave loomed in front of us. And all the dragons were flying in.
"What is this place?" Nebula asked.
We were taken inside, and dropped on the ground. There were tons of seats, and they were all filled. We were in the middle, and there were no seats for us. Everyone was watching.
I tried to spread my wings and fly, but couldn't. They must have left the wing bindings on.
Cobra's snarl cut through my thoughts. I turned to see her snarling at the crowd. But a dragon in the crowd caught my eye.
She was a normal looking SandWing. But with silver eyes, like Cobra. Strange.
Nevermore's roar caused us to look in his direction. He was in a throne-like chair opposite the entrance.
"We have found the dragonets destined to end the war." he announced. "In order to do so, they must obey us, as we were the ones who foretold this."
"But I thought Moonwatcher was the one who did it." Whirlwind whispered to me.
"However, this further piece of information cannot be shared with them." Nevermore continued. "I have..."
"What do you mean?" Cobra snarled at him. "Think we're too soft to hear your stupid plans?"
"You know what to do with them." Nevermore continued, ignoring her. I followed his gaze. The silver eyed dragon in the crowd.
She jumped, and landed with a thud next to us.
"You are going to end the war the way we want." she told us.
Then, MORE guards grabbed us, and dragged us off. This time, we were shoved into a small room. The dragon followed us.
"My name is Mirage. I am the second-in-command of the Shadow Talons." she said. "Not only that, but I am your mother, Cobra."
== Chapter 18 ==
Cobra
I froze. This was my mother?
"Yeah." I growled sarcastically.
"It may seem hard to believe, but take one good look at me." Mirage told me, a slightly insane shine in her eyes. "I'm pretty much an older version of you. Eventually your scales will pale if you stay in the Kingdom of Sand, and you'll be like me."
"So all of our parents are in this Shadow Talons league?" Nebula asked.
"Moons, no." Mirage answered. "Blizzard, your parents are Queen Glacier and an IceWing-RainWing hybrid named Leopard. Inferno, you are a hybrid dragon. We haven't found out what the other tribe in you is yet. We haven't worried much about Nebula and Whirlwind because from what we heard from Fern, they were normal looking."
Fern was part of this group. Was that why we didn't have a SandWing guardian?
"What do you mean, normal looking?" Inferno demanded. "If you try to kill any of them, I won't do anything for you!"
"We'll see about that." Mirage narrowed her silver eyes.
"Yeah." Whirlwind agreed with him. "We'll stop this war. And you won't be killing any of us."
"But you haven't heard?" she asked innocently. "The original dragonets of destiny, excluding Sunny, have vanished. Queen Glory has been replaced by one of our agents, Superior. Though if you meet her, I'd advise you to call her Queen Superior."
"What did you do with them?" Blizzard asked nervously.
Mirage didn't answer. Instead, she turned toward the darkest part of the room, and beckoned with her claw. And I realized that this room wasn't that small after all. Because five other dragonets were in here as well.
And those five came out of the shadows. A black NightWing, a green SeaWing, an orange SkyWing, a light blue IceWing and a pale yellow SandWing. I knew what this meant.
"You want to replace us?" I asked. "But many dragons already know what we look like."
"They don't know we're in the prophecy." Nebula realized.
"So you want these guys to fulfill the prophecy?" Whirlwind asked.
"Exactly." Mirage answered. "I would like you to meet Kelp, Kite, Aurora, Scorpion and Lightwatcher. The new dragonets of destiny."
"We can crush you like you're bugs." Aurora, the IceWing, sneered.
"The one thing we can all agree on." Scorpion, the SandWing, said with a smirk.
Oh, crud.
== Chapter 19 ==
Whirlwind
We were shackled, and taken back to the cells. Cobra was unusually quiet. All of us were.
If Mirage is Cobra's mother, how can she do this to us? I thought.
Then, I had a sickening thought. Cobra had always been distant. If she was let out, would she demand us to be released as well? Or would she walk away, as she always did? I loved her... did she even consider me a friend?
"What's going to happen to us?" I asked after we had been in the cells for five minutes.
"We're going to die." Cobra lashed her tail. 
"You're quite the optimist." Inferno told her.
"It's a gift." she bared her teeth at him. 
"We need to get out!" Nebula cut in.
"We could be let out." Blizzard said softly.
"And rocks fly." Inferno pointed out. "I'm sorry, Blizzard, but it probably won't happen."
She lowered her head.
"I just want to tear those other dragonets apart!" Cobra snarled. "It would probably be easy."
"We don't want this to result in violence." I told her. "We want to end this in a peaceful way."
Just then, a dragon passed by the opened door to the room. He passed by quickly, but I could tell he was a SandWing.
"Any idea who that was?" Nebula asked.
"I think that was Smolder, brother of Burn, Blister and Blaze." Cobra answered.
"But why would he be here?" I asked. "He wouldn't have betrayed his tribe!"
"Either he's undercover, or actually is evil." she answered.
I curled up in my cell. I wasn't sure if it was night. The cells had no windows. But I was tired, so I guess it was a good idea.
The next morning, a small green SeaWing dragonet was looking at me. It was Kelp. My replacement.
"You're the dragon I'm supposed to kill, right?" she asked.
"Kill? We're supposed to kill each other?" I asked, feeling like a total idiot.
"Yeah." she answered in a duh sort of voice. "Nevermore speaks through Mirage when he doesn't want to talk to us directly, which is most of the time, and that's what she told everyone. But she wants Cobra and Scorpion to both stay alive. Guess it's a parent thing."
"Scorpion is Cobra's brother?" I asked.
"Uh-huh." Kelp's tail twitched. "But you know what? I don't want to kill you. No one ever has talked to me for this long before. You're the first."
"Well, I..." I started.
Cobra's groan as she woke up cut me off. Both Kelp and I turned to her.
"What?" the tawny SandWing asked groggily. Then she froze, suddenly seeming wide awake. "Why is she here?"
Kelp glared at her.
"Get out of here." Cobra growled, giving her an identical look.
"I don't like her." Kelp told me.
"What did she do?" I asked. "Cobra just doesn't trust the Shadow Talons and anyone who's with them. She'll warm to you eventually."
Kelp didn't answer. Instead, she started walking out the door.
"Bye." she said.
"Bye." I answered.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" Cobra screamed at me once she was gone. "YOU CAN'T SOCIALIZE WITH HER!"
"She was actually acting friendly!" I answered. "None of you were awake!"
"Quit being so naive, Whirlwind." she told me. "Those five have been trained their whole lives to kill us."
"You heard?" I asked.
"Just because someone looks like they're asleep doesn't nessecarily mean they are." she answered.
Nebula, who was in the cell between us, stirred.
"What was going on?" he asked groggily. "I was dreaming of Whirlwind and a green SeaWing talking with each other. Hey, Cobra, don't look so frustrated with me!"
== Chapter 20 ==
Blizzard
I slowly woke up, feeling a sharp pain in my side.
"Sorry about that." Inferno told me. "I used my claw."
"It's fine." I answered groggily. "What's up?"
"The genius here found out that sometime soon, we'll be in a life or death fight against the other dragonets." Cobra hissed, giving Whirlwind a hateful look.
"I thought you were the genius." I said.
"Did you catch the sarcasm at all?" she asked.
"Okay... so we need to get out before this fight." Nebula said.
"And how are we gonna do that?" Inferno asked.
Just then, I heard footsteps.
"Who's there?" I asked shakily.
A SandWing walked into the cells.
"You might already now me." he said.
"You're Smolder." Cobra said. "You betrayed your tribe."
"I didn't betray anyone." Smolder said. "I went undercover six years ago. Thorn wouldn't have approved, but I had to do it."
"So... you can set us free?" I asked.
"I can't. It would blow my cover."
"So you came here to taunt us?" Inferno asked.
"I..." Smolder started.
"Smolder! You're not allowed to be here!" a new dragon's voice snapped.
Smolder looked at us, and sighed. Then he walked out.
I looked across the cells at Whirlwind. He hadn't said anything during the whole conversation.
"Whirlwind?" I asked.
"Yeah?" he asked, as if snapping out of a trance.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. Just thinking."
I could tell that he wasn't all right. But it wasn't the right time to be pestering him.
== Chapter 21 ==
Nebula
A while after Smolder came, some guards took us out of the cells.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"None of your buisiness." one snapped.
"For the record, tell Mirage that she's the worst possible mother anyone could have asked for." Cobra sneered.
They ignored her. 
We were being taken outside. Then I noticed the huge area with wired fence around it. Tons of dragons were in it. But they all looked gruff and mean. And not the type that liked dragonets much.
"In." a guard growled while another opened up a gate in the fence.
"But..." Whirlwind protested.
We were all shoved in. But before they locked us in, they wrapped metal bands around our necks. They were like the collars that scavengers put on their pets, if what I had read was true.
"So we're just locked out here?" Inferno asked. "Is this some sort of camp?"
"I don't know." I answered. I felt Blizzard standing right next to me so our scales brushed together. She whimpered.
But then, three of the older dragons noticed us. They strode over. Inferno and Cobra stood up taller, as if they were going to fight.
"You're the new prisoners, eh?" the leading one, an IceWing, asked. "What do you think of 'em, Sting, Petal?
"Like the type that would be nice to sink our claws into." the SandWing with him, Sting, said greedily.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Nevermore wanted us to test their fighting skills." Petal, the RainWing, hissed.
And then she shot her venom directly at Inferno's face.
== Chapter 22 ==
=== More coming soon! ===
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