(This is the page for the book titled Dragonslayer. You may be looking
for the human known as Heath|the Dragonslayer instead.)  'Dragonslayer'
is the second book in the Wings of Fire: Legends series. The main
protagonists are Ivy, Leaf, and Wren. The book was officially released
on March 3rd, 2020.

The cover was released on October 23rd, 2019 at 5 pm EST on HomeBase, an
online playground created by Scholastic.

## Dedication

For Kari, who would totally ride a dragon (and who saved this book!)

## Summary

This special edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire
series soars back in time to give readers a glimpse of Pyrrhia through
new eyes.

In the shadow of wings … humans fight for survival.

Ivy doesn't trust Heath|the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the
beloved lord of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the SandWing
treasure|treasure from the SandWings|sand dragon he killed two decades
ago.

Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister,
Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one.

Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried
to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend, a small,
wonderful SkyWings|mountain dragon named Sky, and they don't need anyone
else.

In a world of dragons, the humans who scramble around underfoot are easy
to overlook. But Ivy, Leaf, and Wren will each cross paths with dragons
in ways that could shape the destiny of both species. Is a new future
possible for all of them . . . one in which humans can look to the skies
with hope instead of fear?

## Quote on Back of Hardcover

This was a pretty terrible plan, saving a baby dragon who would probably
eat her just as soon as it was big enough. But Wren had a feeling
someone had decided to toss aside this baby dragon, exactly the way her
parents and her whole stupid village had thrown her away.

People are awful and untrustworthy and mean, so I'm going to make
friends with a dragon instead.

"We don't need anybody else, right, little dragon?" Wren said, stroking
one of its tiny ears. "If they don't want us, we don't care. We can look
after each other, can't we?"

## Plot

### Prologue

Twenty years ago, Stone and Rose joined Heath in secret to help him
complete his quest to become wealthy and powerful by stealing Queen
Oasis's treasure. Stone and Heath waited outside for Rose, who went in a
second time to get more treasure. Stone talked to Heath about how
treasure would not make him powerful, which Heath disagreed with. Rose
climbed back out of the palace, along with the treasure, and the trio
began to sneak off. However, before they got very far, Oasis caught up
with them. They fought her, and Heath was hit with a burst of fire from
Oasis. Stone eventually killed Oasis and won the fight by stabbing her
in the eye with his spear. Heath then cut off Oasis's tail barb as proof
of her death. Stone noticed that Rose had gone missing but Heath told
him that they had to run away because more SandWings were coming their
way. They took the treasure and the barb back to their village, but
Stone continued to worry about Rose.

### Part One

Wren, having recently turned seven, was unknowingly prepared for
sacrifice by the dragonmancers by her parents. She found out what they
planned to do with her once she was taken through the forest to a river
near Talisman. Wren attacked the dragonmancers, but they still managed
to tie her up. They left her on a giant stone slab overlooking the
river, but she was able to yank off the ropes they tied her up with. She
thought back to what happened during the time before her attempted
sacrifice, and back to all of the times the people in Talisman had done
her wrong. Eventually, she comes across a dragonet for the first time,
who was tangled in a bush and close to death. Wren helps him out of pity
and then talks to him to reassure him that he was safe and to help
herself calm down. As they are talking, a rust-colored dragon with
yellow eyes and a recent burn on its cheek flies by, and Wren presumes
it was hunting. Wren hides herself and him from the unknown dragon
(Kestrel), whom he particularly seemed to be afraid of. Once the dragon
leaves, Wren comes out of hiding with him. Wren talks to him again and
eventually names him Sky. Wren thinks back to her encounters with
humanity, and how she was not scared since Sky, who was a dragon, was on
her side, while everyone else was not safe from them if they worked
together.

Shortly after Wren's disappearance, Leaf argues with his parents about
whether or not the dragonmancers really were good as they could not save Wren. His older sister, Rowan, was also in the room and
mentions what she heard about The Dragonslayer from her friend Grove.
Leaf's parents begins to argue with Rowan that the Dragonslayer was just
a story that 'brainless' families talked about. Ignoring them, Rowan
tells Leaf about what the Dragonslayer did, and Leaf immediately wishes
to become a dragonslayer himself, but his parents strongly disapprove of
the idea.

When Ivy was small, she asked her mother why her dad, Heath, seemed
famous. Her mother responded that her dad was famous. She asked if her
dad was famous because he 'Dragonstared.' Ivy then asked her why Uncle
Stone was yelling at the Dragonslayer for running away from the dragons
and her mother told her she would tell her when she was older. Ivy notes
that whenever she asked other girls to have a sleepover with her, they
rejected saying that the tail could grow back into another dragon, or
somebody would sleepwalk into the barb, though everyone invited her to
their sleepovers. She then asked her mom whether or not she had seen the
treasure. Ivy became suspicious of whether or not her father's story was
true when she was just six years old. Her friends, Violet and Daffodil,
asked her to join their secret club, The Truth Seekers.

Wren and Sky began to learn each others' language and talked to each
other briefly in both languages. The first word Wren learned in dragon
was snail since Sky was obsessed with them. They saw the dragonets of
destiny (Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight and Sunny) playing with each
other in their mountain hideout. Sky seems sad so Wren asked him if he
wanted to go with other dragons. To this, he said that he would rather
be with Wren. Later, when looking back, Wren realized that he was sad
because he could not breathe fire, and realized that his inability to do
so was not a dragon thing, but a 'Sky thing.'

Leaf discovered that his second favorite sister was Rowan, who helps
Leaf try to become a Dragonslayer by helping him train. Both of them
began to speculate how many types of dragons there were. Rowan said
there are around six types of dragons known. Leaf and Rowan are forced
to take shelter from dragons along with Rowan's friend Grove and a young
boy, Butterfly.

When Violet and Daffodil visited, Ivy's mother tried to make an excuse
to them that Ivy still had homework but Ivy insisted that she was
finished. She was surprised that the Truth Seekers had survived that
long, and her friends notes how good she is at drawing different
dragons. Ivy stated that she wanted to become a Wingwatcher. Daffodil
and Violet talked about the dragon's palace nearby, debunking Heath's
latest journey there in the process. During a 'Truth Seekers mission',
Ivy ventured outside for the first time in her life, under an excuse to
a Wingwatcher, Foxglove, that she was delivering a 'super important
present' to her father, which was a potato. When she went outside she
described the sky to smell like apples and grass and said it was noisy,
and that there was light everywhere. Ivy and Foxglove are interrupted by
a black dragon (perceived to be a NightWing), forcing them to take
refuge in a pine tree. After some time Foxglove and Ivy went back to
Valor, and Foxglove made Ivy promise never to venture outside without a
Wingwatcher.

Wren found a sheltered valley and decided that she and Sky would be safe
there for a while, as she wanted to go to the Indestructible City to
find new clothes, a map, and some books, and recommended that Sky to
practice flying for a bit. Wren eventually convinced Sky that it was not
safe for him to go to the Indestructible City, so she tried to see if
she could get in. After a while, Wren went to the base of the cliff and
was then told that there was no space for refugees and that Invincible
Lord would only admit one family, consisting of no more than six people,
if they brought the Dragonslayer to him. She was told that the
Invincible Lord wished to make an alliance with him in order to save the
humans from the dragons. Realizing that orphans were handed over to the
city, Wren began to leave but ran into Undauntable with his pet cat
named Dragon, (which she refused to call Dragon) and wanted to trade
silver for one of Sky's scales that he had shed. Wren then traded the
silver for food, clothes, and Undauntable's silver earring. When
Undauntable asked where she found it, she said she found it in a swamp,
which was in the opposite direction to Sky. She said she might bring him
another scale if she could find any, and followed to the river until the
Indestructible City was out of sight, then immediately returned to Sky.

Leaf received an official dragonmancer's invitation, to his parent's joy
and Rowan's amusement. He wondered why no one noticed that he was
getting stronger, faster, and more agile, since he supposedly spent all
day studying. Leaf was assigned to Master Trout, who does not like that
he got a new apprentice. Leaf decided that Master Trout should have been
born a tarantula. Cranberry, Mushroom, and Thyme are introduced.

Ivy became an official Wingwatcher. She attended the Wingwatcher welcome
ceremony with Violet and Daffodil and see Squirrel and Commander Brook.
Ivy and her friends talked about conspiracies until the Dragonslayer
arrived. Later, Foxglove advised Ivy not to listen to Chipmunk, who had
made sure all his outdoor missions were at night and hardly ever saw a
dragon. Ivy thought about the Wingwatcher conspiracy and wondered if
someone actually was planning a revolution against her father.

### Part Two

Wren and Sky saw a few sea dragons, and Sky suddenly exclaimed that Wren
could ride on him. This ended badly, however, as Sky was too small. A
year later, Sky was able to safely carry Wren and flew long distances
with her on his back. They flew all across the continent as Wren created
an incredibly detailed map. Undauntable invited Wren to the
Indestructible City, but Wren had no desire to. Wren told Undauntable
that he was reasonably interesting and that he was the second most
interesting friend she had, not mentioning that she only had two
friends.

Leaf shared his blueprint copy with his friends. Grove told Leaf to go
back to the dragonmancers after a while and told him that they would
decide what to do. Two days later, Rowan visited Leaf in the garden and
told him his map copy was gone, and so was Mushroom. Crow and Gorge
appeared and ordered them to find Mushroom. They threatened to sacrifice
Grove if they failed and then had Grove jailed. Rowan, Leaf, Cranberry,
and Thyme set out for the mountain dragon palace after Mushroom. They
traveled north towards the dragon palace, searching for Mushroom, but
found no trace of him. After four days, they finally found the dragon
palace. It was enormous and full of dragons. As Leaf tried to find an
entrance, they spotted Mushroom climbing in. They decided to venture
into the Sky Palace to help Mushroom.

Foxglove reminded Ivy, Daffodil, and Violet to watch the sky, not to
move, and never leave their tree on their own. The girls argued a bit
about the secrets they were trying to discover, but were interrupted as
an IceWings|ice dragon crashed nearby. They went to investigate and
discovered that Stone used a necklace of invisibility to ride the
dragon. Stone explained that he had been searching for Rose. Confused,
Ivy asked Stone who Rose was.

Wren returned to the Indestructible City and gave Undauntable another
scale. Undauntable said that he knew she had a stash of scales
somewhere, and asked her to marry him. Wren was horrified and said no,
to his despair. Wren began to leave, but a large sand dragon flew over
the city. He loudly taunted the City as all of the humans ran to safety,
and eventually flew away. Wren told Undauntable that the dragon was not
attacking, and he questioned her on her knowledge about dragons. She
quickly left and met up with Sky again, who said he had something to
show her. Sky brought her to one of the dragon cities and happily said
he wanted to explore it. Wren decided that he could go the next day.

As Leaf and company approached the Sky Palace, they found Mushroom
running in their direction, sword and treasure in hand. Rowan attempted
to get Mushroom to return to Talisman with them, but he refused. A
crimson mountain dragon caught up with them, and Leaf attempted to kill
it by stabbing it with his sword, but it bounced off of the dragon's
scales. Many other mountain dragons surrounded them, Scarlet|one wearing
a crown and chain mail, and Mushroom threw treasure at Thyme to escape,
but the queen chased him. The remaining mountain dragons captured Leaf,
Cranberry, Thyme, and Rowan, and Leaf passed out due to lack of oxygen.

Ivy, Violet, and Daffodil went to Stone's cave to talk about Rose. Stone
explained that Rose was his sister who was left behind when they stole
Queen Oasis's treasure, and how the act caused the destruction of the
old village and the "wrath" of dragons on scavengers. Ivy, Violet, and
Daffodil then try to think of a way to calm down the dragons and came up
with a plan to return the stolen treasure to the sand dragons to calm
them down.

Wren reluctantly allowed Sky to visit the dragon city, Possibility. She
told Sky not to speak Human, not to act weird in front of any dragons
and to avoid suspicion. She ordered him to be back by midday, or else
she would come looking for him. Wren waited for him, but he had not
returned by midday. Wren waited for the rest of the afternoon, but by
sundown, she decided that she would go into the city to find her friend.

Leaf became conscious again inside of a pit filled with various animals, including Rowan, Cranberry, Thyme, Cardinal, Arbutus, and
one unnamed man. Cardinal explained that they were in a food storage pit
in the kitchens and that the mountain dragon queen liked to watch arena
fights, so they might be taken there instead of being eaten. Leaf
explained to Rowan about his failure to stab the dragon, but he could
not guess why he could not stab it. Eventually, a mountain dragon came
into the storage pit and carried out Thyme, but another snatched Leaf.

Ivy and her friends tried to find out where the Dragonslayer's treasure
is. Violet discovered he never paid for items in the market, instead
paying with a system of favors. Daffodil spoke to her grandmother,
Valor's oldest resident, who (according to Daffodil) spent the meeting
criticizing Daffodil's clothing. Her grandmother also denied having seen
the treasure since the day Heath and Stone brought it back. Ivy searched
her home thoroughly but found no sign of the treasure. The girls met in
Violet's cave and wondered where the treasure could be if it was not in
the Dragonslayer's home. Ivy realized the old village would be the
perfect place and would explain why he had banned going there. Ivy
wanted to go by herself, but Violet and Daffodil bribe Foxglove and
Squirrel into helping them. Ivy found out the Wingwatchers had a system
so they could visit the old village without being caught. Ivy and her
friends are shocked to see the ruined village. After Foxglove made them
swear to secrecy, they discovered that Pine and Azalea, banished
Wingwatchers, had been searching the ruins for the treasure but not
found it. Ivy used what she knew about her father to figure out which
house to search. They found a sapphire in the chimney, but Heath had
moved the rest of the treasure.

Wren waited until night to enter the city. She overheard two dragons
arguing, and realized that Sky had been sold to SandWing soldiers. Wren
climbed a tower to find the soldiers' camp, and made it there just
before dawn. Sky was there, locked up. General Sandstorm announced to
his soldiers that they were going to fight IceWings, and the army flew
away, taking Sky with them.

Leaf was taken to a kitchen full of frantic dragons. He noticed the
dragons show emotions, similar to humans, which confused him greatly.
There are "approximately eight hundred zillion dragons" who want to eat
him. He saw the massive amount of treasure, and realized they might have
been able to steal some. Leaf was dumped in the middle of a party with
other terrified animals and quickly had to avoid being eaten. He found
Thyme and helped him to hide under a table, but Leaf wanted to get back
to Rowan. He snuck away from the party and began to climb a cliff. He
climbed for most of the night but ultimately collapsed on a ledge. In
the morning, Leaf tried to climb further but was too exhausted. He did
not get far before he was scooped up by a brown dragon (Clay) and
deposited at the top of the cliff.

Ivy, Daffodil, and Violet show Stone the sapphire. He says Heath did not
like it because it gave him nightmares about the dragons, and was likely
the only thing that made him feel guilty. Suddenly, the Dragonslayer
enters, and Ivy hides the gem under blankets. Foxglove lies and says
they were caught out in the rain and they came to visit Stone, as he was
close by. He tells them they should not leave the caves. Ivy notices her
father is acting strangely. He leaves the house and tells both Ivy and
her mother not to leave. Ivy realizes her mother does not give Heath
"hero-worship eyes" anymore. Her mother tells her the lord of the
Indestructible City wants Heath to work on them. Ivy knows her father
never will, as he enjoys being lord too much, and is secretly a coward.
Ivy convinces her mother to go to the meeting even though her father
told her not to. Daffodil and Violet arrive and announce they will
search the place even though Ivy already has. Daffodil asks how she
lives with the tail barb, and Ivy says she avoids it. They realize she
also avoided it while searching. They discovered the pedestal was
secretly a safe, with a four-letter combination. The girls guess every
four-letter word they can think of relating to dragons and treasure, but
none of them work. Lark, Rose, and Ivy's also do not work. They try the
word mine, and it does open. They do not touch the treasure, instead,
shutting the safe again until they work out their plan.

The MudWings|mud dragon holding Leaf had a kind face and held him
gently, then set him down on the top of the cliff he was climbing,
shocking and confusing Leaf. He enters the palace to find Rowan and sees
the mountain dragon queen, injured and alone in her gold-filled throne
room. Several sand dragons carry her away. He took a thread from a sack
made by dragons to use as a rope and help the others escape when a
Cliff|dark red dragonet sees him. The baby dragon gets the attention of
Ruby|an adult dragon, who gives the key to the food pit to Leaf,
allowing him to help Rowan and the others escape. Thyme has ended up
back with them. Cranberry says she and Rowan had to fight a blue dragon
(Tsunami) and a black dragon (Starflight) in the arena. Rowan confesses
to Leaf that Wren was sacrificed. He is angry at her for lying and says
he will not return to Talisman. He decides he is going to find the
Dragonslayer.

### Part Three

Wren tries following the army to get to Sky, which is going poorly as
she has to walk very slowly on the ground, while they fly overhead. She
follows them to the Ice Kingdom, but by the time she reaches it they are
already flying back. She gets to the dragon city, but they are already
flying back to the palace. She steals from the dragons, feeling like a
mouse, taking crumbs and hiding. She could not find a map to the sand
dragon's palace, or of their kingdom. She wonders if she can convince a
dragon to take her to the palace. She stole what was probably a dagger
to a dragon, but was a large sword to her. She looked for a solitary
dragon and found one, a black dragon named Deathbringer who was reading
a scroll and avoiding attention. A sand dragon arrives and brings him
another scroll, saying it is his new assignment. Wren, watching him read
his orders, thinks he looks like Sky when trying to find a loophole. She
approaches him and demands he take her to the desert palace. The dragon
is unsurprisingly confused by a human speaking Dragon and thinks he is
hallucinating. She tells him her name is Wren, and he tells Wren his,
which she mistranslates as Murderbasket. She asks again for him to fly
her through the desert. When he says he is too busy, she does not accept
his answer. She tells him it will take him only half a day to fly there
while her walking will take much longer, and that she can tell he does
not like his mission anyway. She also shows him her sword, and
accidentally cuts him. He finally accepts that she is, after all, real,
and agrees to take her to the desert, even though it is dangerous.

Ivy and her friends are trying to think of a way to return the treasure
to the dragons without getting eaten. They were now allowed on missions
again, as her father was no longer in a bad mood. They are in a tree and
see a trio of SkyWings. They also see a boy running through the forest.
The dragons are chasing him, and Ivy throws an apple to distract them
and runs to the boy and brings him into the underground city. He
introduces himself to them and Foxglove as Leaf and says he is looking
for the Dragonslayer. Ivy thinks he is looking for someone to save his
village from a dragon when he says he wants to learn to kill one.

Leaf finally found Valor. Ivy walks with him and points out different
parts of the city. He asks why they are the only ones wearing green, and
she explains they are Wingwatchers. Leaf is happy to learn they are
nothing like dragonmancers. He tells Ivy his sister was eaten by
dragons, then admits she was sacrificed. Ivy is as horrified as Leaf by
this knowledge. Leaf cannot go after the dragonmancers, so he is
sticking to his plan of dragon-slaying. Ivy causes him to wonder if
dragons can grieve, after suggesting other dragons might take revenge.
Ivy then introduces Leaf to her father. He gives Heath a message from
the Indestructible City, not realizing it is a threat. He is then sent
away. Wren's voice in his head compares the Dragonslayer to a
dragonmancer. Ivy brings him to Stone, where he can stay. Stone tells
him the Dragonslayer's story is different than he thinks, but will not
tell it to him.

Wren arrives in the palace after being flown there by Murderbasket (aka
Deathbringer). They have a short conversation, and she accidentally
stabs him again. They agree never to mention each other again. Wren
begins her search for Sky. She was seen by dragons a few times, but they
seemed not to mind her presence. She also heard a dragon shouting loud,
violent threats. She thought the tower containing the roaring dragon
could be where prisoners were kept, but when food was brought in there
was only enough for one dragon. She found the soldier's barracks.
General Sandstorm entered and shouted for Prince Smolder, asking when
Queen Burn would return and he could give Sky to her. Wren noticed the
general was giving orders to a Prince, which seemed strange to her. From
what the dragon had said she knew he was keeping Sky alive. She noticed
most dragons seemed annoyed by Sandstorm. She followed him to where Sky
was and waited for him to leave, then ran to Sky. She cannot release him
without the general's key, so decides she will have to kill him.

Daffodil wakes Ivy up, telling her Wingwatchers are being arrested.
Heath has been paranoid since Leaf arrived. Her mother seems afraid.
Daffodil and Ivy sneak out and realize just how many people the
Dragonslayer has hired to be soldiers. She convinces the soldier to let
her into Foxglove's cave and smuggles out the sapphire. She then runs
away from the city with Daffodil.

Leaf woke up just before somebody knocked on Stone's door. Stone had him
hide in a cabinet while he answered the door. The people outside said
they were going to arrest Leaf, and Stone told them he had sent him to
get water. They tell him that he will be arrested unless they get Leaf.
They wait outside the door for him to return. Stone shows Leaf to a
secret tunnel, and they escape Valor. Stone blocks the tunnel behind
them before they go. Stone admits he was the one who killed the dragon
and tells Leaf about Rose, explaining why Heath wanted to get rid of
him. Leaf realizes how horrible the Dragonslayer really is as they head
to the old village. They meet Ivy and Daffodil and learn Wingwatchers
were also being arrested. Ivy tells him about their plan to return the
treasure, and he tells her about being rescued by the brown dragon and
that Stone killed the sand dragon queen, not her dad. They see Sunny
checking out the ruins, and Leaf mentions seeing a dragon like her caged
in the mountain palace, not realizing it is the same dragon. Ivy says
she wants to convince her dad to release the Wingwatchers.

Wren tries to figure out how to kill the SandWings|sand dragon general.
She decides to poison him. Wren has seen lots of mice and no cats, so
she decides the kitchens might have rat poison. She is right, and in the
kitchens meets another human, Rose. Rose tells Wren she lives there, to
her surprise. Wren realizes why the dragons had ignored her running
around the palace. Rose has not talked to another human for a very long
time and is excited to have a conversation, and offers to help Wren
collect mouse poison. Rose asks why she is killing Sandstorm and
realizes Wren can speak Dragon. Wren hid in Sandstorm's room and
poisoned his drink. A messenger bursts in after he finishes it, telling
him they are under attack. Sandstorm left to fight, and Wren watches the
battle from the roof of the palace. The general collapses in the middle
of the battlefield, dead.

A day after the Wingwatchers are arrested, Heath's guards come through
the old village, peering up chimneys and poking spears through piles of
leaves, seemingly searching for the others who were hiding nearby. Pine
had taken Ivy and Daffodil to an old temple where most of the banished
villagers hid at first farther off into the woods. The next day, Forest
comes through the old village, informing Ivy and Daffodil that most of
the Wingwatchers were arrested, including his mom, Commander Brook.
Heath had called a mandatory meeting, telling the residents of Valor
that the Indestructible Lord had set a price on his head and that the
Wingwatchers had been plotting against him for years, and that Leaf was
an assassin who was sent to kill him. However, Daffodil interrupts,
saying what the Wingwatchers were actually planning to do was to hold an
election to see if Valor would be interested in a different leader. When
Ivy asks whether Violet and the others are alright, Forest says Heath
plans to capture Leaf so he can execute him and the Wingwatchers
altogether. Ivy and Daffodil try to brainstorm ideas to stop Heath, but
to no avail. Ivy then goes to sleep with the dreamvisitor, picturing
Sunny in her mind and dreamvisiting her as a result, seeing Sunny and
Rose on her shoulder in her dreams. Ivy wakes up afterwards and tells
Stone that she thinks Rose is alive.

Ivy tells everyone about her dream, suggesting riding to the desert
palace to rescue Rose, and eventually, Stone reluctantly agrees. Leaf
and Ivy sets off to the old village's ruins, and then Sunny steps out of
the shadows, sticking Ivy and Leaf up on top of a stone wall and Sunny
asks them for the whereabouts of the SandWing treasure. Ivy then gives
Sunny her dreamvisitor and Leaf volunteers to get the treasure. Leaf
finds Stone's secret escape tunnel, entering Valor through the tunnel.
Leaf then quickly knocks on Heath's home, and Lark opens the door,
fabricating that there was some trouble down by the lake and were asking
for the Dragonslayer and Lark. A few moments later, Heath storms away
from his home. Leaf explains to Lark that he needed Heath's treasure to
keep Ivy safe, and Leaf opens the lock to Heath's cabinet of treasure
and puts it in a canvas bag, with Lark helping him. Leaf makes it back
to Stone's cave and drags the bag with the treasure through the tunnel.

Ivy and Sunny regard each other and Ivy asks where Rose is, much to
Sunny's confusion. Sunny then seizes Ivy in her talons and sets Ivy on
her shoulders and leaps into the sky, and Ivy flies through the sky,
riding on Sunny's back. As Sunny flies back towards the ruins, Leaf
comes back with the treasure and gives it to Sunny, but Sunny is unable
to find the specific treasure she was looking for (the Eye of Onyx).
Sunny takes the treasure back, including the dreamvisitor and flies away
despite Ivy asking about the whereabouts of Rose. Ivy and Leaf go back
to the temple, telling Daffodil what happened and then Stone suddenly
appears next to the temple, having stolen horses from Valor to ride to
the desert palace. However, Stone only managed to get three, and as a
result, Daffodil stayed behind to keep an eye on Violet and the other
Wingwatchers as Stone, Leaf, and Ivy rode off to the desert palace.

The dragons fighting in the desert had ended up inside the desert palace
and had eventually flown away, and afterwards, more dragons had arrived
at the palace, including Burn. Meanwhile, the key to Sky's chains were
still outside the palace with Sandstorm's corpse, and Wren tries to pick
the lock, but to no avail. Eventually, Sky suggests asking the human who
lived in the palace, Rose, for help. Wren finds her when as she tries to
climb the giant wall from the courtyard, and asks what the dragons were
fighting over earlier. Rose replies that she think they came to get this
one prisoner (Sunny) and that another prisoner left too (Scarlet). Wren
then tells Rose she is trying to get the key with Sandstorm, and Rose
tells her that her dragon (Smolder) had a copy of all the keys in the
castle, and offers to get it from him. Wren then calls Smolder by his
name, and Rose finds out that Wren can speak Dragon. In exchange for the
key, Rose asks Wren to teach her how to speak Dragon, and Wren
reluctantly agrees.

Ivy, Leaf, and Stone arrive at the desert palace. Leaf asks how to get
into the palace and Stone starts to go in alone, but Ivy stops him,
insisting they all come together. Stone puts his invisibility chain over
Ivy, saying that he is not losing another family member to this place.
As Ivy runs on towards the gate of the palace, she sights two dragon
guards outside the gate, noticing they were both very tense and on the
verge of fighting with each other. She silently scoops sand and pebbles
into the pockets of her cloak and blows it into the face of the dragon
on her opposite side, causing them to snarl furiously at each other and
start fighting with each other, eventually prompting one of the dragons
to call for a different guard in his place. She then drapes the
invisibility chain over all of their necks and sneak back to the gate.
Ivy, Leaf, and Stone travel through the palace and eventually enter the
kitchen, and a dragon hunched over the counter suddenly sees them and
Ivy tries to drape the invisibility chain over Leaf and Stone, but the
dragon swoops up Stone in her talons and toss him in a net bag, storming
out of the kitchen. They race after the dragon to see her shout at
Smolder, who shrugs and points to Rose in the corner. Stone rejoices
over finding Rose alive and asks her why the other dragon did not eat
him, and Rose says that she probably thought Stone was her, and brought
him to yell at Smolder, not realizing that Rose was with Smolder and she
had picked up a wild human instead. Ivy and Leaf introduce themselves,
and when Ivy says she has come to rescue Rose, Rose claims she does not
need rescuing and she does not want to leave, saying "Why would I want
to go back to the people who spent my whole life telling me what to do
and who to be and what not to do and what was wrong with me?" Stone
argues that the dragons cannot be trusted, but Rose replies "What makes
you think humans can?" Stone retorts that the dragons had burned down
the village, and Ivy says she thinks they were looking for something,
and Rose deduces that it is in one of the bags she put the treasure in,
two of which Stone and Heath had left behind. She says she would try to
retrieve the treasure and mentions how thanks to Wren she knows a little
bit of Dragon, and Leaf realizes that she is referring to his sister and
says he has to go after her immediately.

Leaf asks Rose how long ago since Wren left, and Rose answers that it
has been long enough that they do not have a chance of catching up to
her on foot or on horseback. She tells them that Leaf need to ride
another dragon to get to Wren, and suggests using Sweetface (Cereus) to
do so since she is fond of humans. Stone tries to talk Leaf out of it,
calling it idiotic, but he is unable to do so and gets teased by Ivy and
Rose. Leaf notices that being around Rose is bringing down some of the
walls around Stone and they climb to the top of a tower where Rose
expects Sweetface to be at. Ivy gives the invisibility chain to Leaf and
promises Leaf that she will help look for Wren if he does not find her,
and Leaf promises in turn to come back for her and free her friends.
They share a kiss with each other just as Rose spots Sweetface and Ivy
and Stone go back down the stairs. Rose gets Sweetface's attention when
she lands and Leaf uses the opportunity to climb onto her back, while
being invisible. Sweetface is confused at why she can feel someone on
her back, but Rose bursts into song to distract her. Thinking nothing of
it, Sweetface flies off to do her rounds. After flying around for a
little while, Leaf and Sweetface see Sky in the distance. Sweetface
turns around to return to the Sandwing stronghold, but Leaf digs his
feet into her shoulder in an attempt to turn her around. This backfires
and she hits him off with the side of her tail after some struggling. As
Leaf falls to the ground, he uses his last coherent thought to take off
the invisible chain around his neck.

Sky and Wren hear the commotion behind them and spots something falling
from the sand dragon. Thinking that it might be Rose, Sky flies over to
save her. Sweetface, after she stops writhing in the air, also sees the
figure falling and dives after them. She catches the human just before
they hit the ground and Wren finds out that it is not Rose after
landing. Leaf sees Wren and he immediately rushes over to hug her, tears
in his eyes. He confirms to her that their parents and the dragonmancers
lied about her fate and that Rowan tried to save her. Leaf also tells
her about his time in the mountain palace and Wren introduces Sky to
Leaf, shocking Leaf when Sky reveals that he can speak human language.
Leaf wants to fly back to the palace and give the invisibility chain to
Ivy so she can escape with Stone, but Wren does not want to risk Sky
being captured again. She attempts to convince Sweetface to help them,
but Sweetface does not take her seriously and finds her "dragon noises"
adorable. She relays her instructions through Sky instead and, after
Wren and Leaf learn that Sweetface's real name is Cereus, she agrees to
help them. Wren and Leaf agree to meet in the forest below the mountains
before they split up again.

Some time later, Wren, Leaf, Ivy, Stone, and Sky all return to the
temple where Daffodil is sitting on the steps. The group learns that
more of the residents in Valor are getting restless and upset with
Heath, and Daffodil thinks that he might start executing people soon
even if Leaf is not captured. Ivy comes up with a plan to force Heath to
step down and free everybody he arrested and she, Wren, Leaf, and Sky
all hike to the underground city. They reach the biggest entrance to
Valor and Ivy notes that nobody is guarding it, believing that most of
Heath's men were guarding him instead of the city. With the tunnel too
small for Sky to get in, he digs at the entrance until the opening is
wide enough for him to squeeze in. Soon after entering, he was spotted
and the residents start screaming and panicking. Ivy tells Forest to get
everyone into the main hall and soon, around three-quarters of the
people in Valor were packed into the cave, huddled together in fear. She
tells one of the residents to fetch Heath. After a long moment, Heath is
pushed into the cave, holding a sword, but visibly shaking and deeply
afraid. Sky roars at him and he immediately drops his sword and crumbles
to the ground. Ivy announces that Sky is looking for the man who
murdered the queen (Oasis), and Heath immediately confesses that he is a
fraud and Stone is the real dragonslayer, shocking the city. Ivy demands
that he also returns the stolen treasure, but Heath refuses, saying that
the treasure belongs to him. Lark is the one to bring the treasure
instead and Ivy names Brook as the new lord of Valor, much to her
surprise. As the townspeople began to celebrate, Ivy finds Heath near
the exit, depressed, and tries to comfort him. He says that without his
title and the treasure, he is nothing. Lark says he is more lucky than
he deserves if losing the treasure is the worst punishment he gets after
everything he has done. She tries to go home with Ivy, but she refuses.
Ivy does not want to stay after everything she has seen outside and says
that she is going to change the world.

Wren, Cranberry, Thyme, Leaf, Ivy, and Sky then arrive at Tailsman,
where the entire town was celebrating Dragonmancer Appreciation Day.
Wren and Sky land into the town square, horrifying the townspeople and
the dragonmancers. Leaf and Ivy move around the outskirts of the village
and climb to the roof of the jail. Wren exposes the dragonmancers being
treasure smugglers, the fact that their visions are fake, and that they
sacrificed the fourth dragonmancer to the dragons to increase their
share of stolen treasure. Crow tries to deny it, but backs down quickly
after Sky snarls at him. Leaf notes that it is the most ferocious look
he has ever seen on Sky, knowing that he is genuinely furious. Trout
also attempts to discredit Wren, calling it the "mad ramblings of a
bitter teenager," but Wren is quick to threaten him with Sky, and says
that she will be happy to show everyone the treasure-share logbook they
were using. After Sky growls at them again, Gorge tosses the keys to
Wren and she give it to Cranberry, who unlocks the door before throwing
them up to Leaf, where he also unlocks the jail and frees Rowan and
Grove. Cranberry then emerges from the house with the logbook in hand,
giving it to Wren, where Wren reads and explains its contents to the
entire village. After reading the last book, Wren says that she does not
care what happens to the dragonmancers, but she threatens to burn down
the village and take the children somewhere safe if any more of the kids
go missing. She then gives the book to Butterfly and puts him in charge,
having had enough of Talisman. As the group was about to leave, Leaf and
Wren's parents try to talk to them, but Wren tells them off and the
others ignore them. The group moves away from Talisman and stop by the
river a while later. Grove wonders what they were all going to do now.
Leaf and Wren propose that they would build a town where people that had
their villages burned down would be welcomed and be protected. Ivy also
says they can tell them that they can communicate with dragons and that
there's hope for peace. Cranberry and Rowan agree to the idea, although
Rowan wonders whether Leaf, Wren, and Ivy would help build it with them.
Wren and Leaf say that they will help when they come back after they try
out a new idea for their destiny. Ivy adds that they "have a little
golden dragon to find."

### Epilogue

The epilogue is in the point of view of Undauntable. He was looking
outside his window hoping that Wren would come back to the
Indestructible City. It was around fifty-nine days since he proposed to
Wren, who did not accept it and stormed away from him. He was worried
that maybe she was killed by a dragon. He even wondered what would
happen if he ran away with her, only to dismiss that idea because it was
much safer inside the walls of The Indestructible City. His father then
found him and beckoned for him to follow. Once he did, his father said
that the spy, Boar, who was sent into Valor to become a close guard to
him, said that Heath was not the actual Dragonslayer and that Stone was,
but Stone was a lost cause. Boar then said he had very 'interesting
news.' The news was about a girl who could speak Dragon and had a dragon
who she controls. Undauntable realized that this was Wren. He was
terrified for her, admitting that he did love her because she was
everything the Indestructible City was not.

After Boar left the room, the Invincible Lord noticed that Boar had said
the dragon's scales were a pale orange, which was the same color of the
scales Wren had given Undauntable during her visits, which he was now
wearing. Undauntable lied about where he got the scales when his father
asked. His father could tell he was lying and ends the epilogue by
saying that he will control Wren and take over the world. The book also
ends with Undauntable swearing he will protect Wren for as long as he
can.

## Mistakes

  - On the English cover, Sandstorm has a pink tongue[1] despite
    SandWings having black forked tongues.[2]
  - On the English cover, General Sandstorm's eyes appear to be blackish
    blue‐gray,[3] even though SandWing eyes are black.
  - In some copies, the map on the front of the book is misprinted as     the map from Darkstalker.[4]
  - In A Wingwatcher's Guide to Dragons, ice dragons are described as
    having "silver scales like the moon"[5] even though there are
    three moons.
  - A sentence reads, "Tears! She hadn't even know dragons could cry,
    much less over food!" Know should say known instead.
  - Rowan flashes pity toward Leaf because he "couldn't stop talking
    about Wren" in the present tense even though he had not; Grove was
    the only one he had referred to in the present tense.
  - A sentence reads, "[…] wondering if this was the first time she'd
    ever seen her mother disobey one of her father's orders, or if had
    happened before without her noticing." It should say, "[…]
    wondering if this was the first time she'd ever seen her mother
    disobey one of her father's orders, or if it had happened before
    without her noticing" (emphasis added).
  - Heath referred to hands as talons during the Wingwatcher welcome
    ceremony.

## Trivia

  - The SandWing on the cover has been confirmed to be Sandstorm in an
    interview with Tui on November 2nd, 2019.[6]