Moonwatcher

Future Mate: Qibli

Moonwatcher, or her nickname, Moon, is a female NightWing dragonet.

## Moon's Backstory

Moonwatcher was born to her mother, Secretkeeper, and her father, Morrowseer, with no siblings. Some time before she was born, Secretkeeper brought her to the Rainforest Kingdom to hatch, as she didn’t want her daughter to be raised in a place with starvation and ashes all day. Just before Moon hatched, though, Secretkeeper was surprised to see that her daughter’s egg had rolled into the moonlight and turned silver.

When she was raised in the rainforest, Moon got plenty of food, water, sunlight, air, open space, shade, and shelter, unlike the other NightWings raised in the NightWing Island. She grew up healthily, and of course this upset and made the other NightWings jealous after the NightWing Exodus, when they discovered where she was born. Although her tribe was already jealous of her, Moon didn’t want to make them even more jealous by telling them she had the legendary NightWing abilities, so she kept her mind-reading and foresight abilities a secret.

Later, she was sent to Jade Mountain Academy by Secretkeeper. However, instead of thinking that this was a place in which she could happily learn all the things she had missed with other tribes, Moon thought that her mother sent her here because she didn’t want her and thought she was creepy and weird. Therefore, she hid and stayed in her Secretkeeper’s wing, until she was finally forced to abandon her mother, and go into the “dangerous” school with plenty of other dragons from different tribes.

This is actually backed up by several reasons. First, Moon was raised in a bright, colorful place where she could be happy and healthy. She was also raised in a place in which there was lots of love and joy, especially by her mother. Just about a month or so before, though, the NightWings were moved to the Rainforest Kingdom and got jealous of her. This most likely made Moon sad and guilty, which likely led to her shyness, along with her kindness and willingness to help. Then, her mother, Secretkeeper, sent her to a school in which she (Moon) could never be with her mother again, until after the school year. Also, the school had 31 other dragons from different tribes, who would hate her for being a NightWing (since most NightWings were viewed as liars, cheaters, and stealers), as well as four other NightWings, who would hate her for being not enough of a NightWing (since she was raised in the rainforest, and was therefore envied by all the other NightWings).

Just before entering the academy, Moon persuaded her mother to just watch and see things for a little longer. Secretkeeper reluctantly agreed, before noting that some SeaWings were just entering the school, one of which might be Queen Coral. The other three beside her happened to be her two remaining daughters, Anemone and Auklet, as well as one of her thirty-two sons, Turtle, whose mind, strangely, could not be read by Moon (unlike his sisters, he was only wearing a gold armband with black rocks on it).

Nearing the end of Chapter One in *Moon Rising*, there was complete darkness, and then Moon saw a brief vision in which Turtle was pinning Anemone down, in a sandy beach filled with sunlight.

## Description

Moonwatcher, otherwise known as Moon, is a midnight-black NightWing, with tints of dark blue, dark purple, and dark green (on the cover of *Moon Rising*), as well as scattered silver scales on the undersides of her wings, like the other NightWings. She has a thin but sturdy build, as she was raised in rainforest instead of on the NightWing Island. In the prologue of *Moon Rising*, Secretkeeper described her scales as “gleaming,” while other dragons described them as “smooth,” “shiny,” and “cool” and the later books. Secretkeeper also described Moon as having a “perfect tail” and “talons like curved crescent moons.” Because of her mind-reading ability, Moon has a silver “teardrop” scale at the corner of each eye. These scales are much larger and sparklier than Fatespeaker’s, as she (Moon) has a stronger ability than her (Fatespeaker).

## Relationships

### Kinkajou

Moon describes Kinkajou as bright, happy and colorful. The two are best friends. Kinkajou trusts Moon as much as she trusts Glory.

### Winter

At first, Moon disliked him because of his mean, terrifying voice when he yelled at Moon to give him his scavenger back. Further into Moon Rising, Winter always got mad at Moon, never trusting her.

### Qibli

Qibli was always kind to Moon even after he knew about Moon's ability to read minds. They became friends quickly.

### Turtle

Moon and Turtle were in the same winglet. Turtle was kind to Moon after he and the rest of Jade Winglet had found out she had mind reading and future seeing.