The Mudwings of Jade Mountain Academy (Wings of Fire Fanfiction)

Chapter 2: The Winglets

When the dragonets arrived a Jade Mountain the 2 guards escorting them left immediately. Cattail walked forward with her siblings to the large entrance. The Academy surged with dragons. Students, family, and staff walked around with different goals in mind. She saw a Sandwing arguing with her mother and Seawing hugging his parents goodbye. Other dragons surged forward to greet old friends or simply explored. All the dragonets stared around in amazement. "Hey you! Yeah you the Mudwings! Do you know you winglet yet?" a peppy looking Nightwing called to them. Cattail shook her head as she approached. "Hello! I'm Fatespeaker. If you tell me your names I can tell which winglet your in." Fatespeaker told them. "I'm Cattail, she's Pond, she's Delta, she's Ali, uh Alligator, he's Avalanche, he's Salamander, and he's Dragonfly." Each dragonet nodded as they were introduced. "Ok well... Delta you’re in the Diamond Winglet, Pond you’re in the Opal Winglet, Dragonfly you’re in the Topaz Winglet, Alligator you’re in the Gold Winglet, Avalanche you’re in the Platinum Winglet, Salamander you’re in the Ruby Winglet, and.... Cattail you’re in the Sapphire Winglet. Here are your JMA maps!" Fatespeaker said as she checked a scroll she carried and then opened a messenger bag slung over her shoulders and handed each of them a scroll Cattail assumed was a map. "Uh thanks" Cattail said. The dagonets separated promising to meet up later and went to find their rooms. Cattail navigated the crowded halls until she found the entrance to the Sapphire Winglet Female Dorm. She entered to find a red Skywing and a bright pink Rainwing chatting in one half of the room. There was a stone ledge, a vine hammock, and a shallow pit filled with mud. The hammock and the ledge had bags already slung over them. The Skywing spotted her first and smiled welcomingly. "What are you looking at.... oh. Hello!" the Rainwing said turning around. "Uh hi." Cattail replied "So you’re our other Wingmate? That’s great! I guess you’re sleeping spot is the Mud pit. I hope you don’t mind that we already chose the other 2 but mud's not my thing. I'm Primrose by the way. I wonder what it will be like to have Mudwing Wingmate? Are you like messy or a super neat freak? I can't see you being too neat if you live in mud but you never know." This dragon was talking so fast she almost couldn't understand what she was saying let alone respond. The Skywing slapped her tail over the Rainwings mouth. "Prim, stop talking so fast. You sound like a monkey.'' She turned to Cattail "Ignore her. She gets like this when she's excited. I'm Poinsettia." "I'm Cattail." She replied relived to talk to someone she could understand. She mover her tail from Primrose's mouth who took a deep breath before speaking "Sorry,she's right. I am really excited. It’s hard to keep the yellow out of my scales." Then she noticed Prim's tail which had a barb at the end like a Sandwings. Prim must have noticed her staring because she said "Oh. Yeah I’m one third Sandwing." "One third?" Cattail questioned. "My mom was a Rainwing Sandwing hybrid and my dad was Rainwing. One third Sandwing." She explained. "So are you representing the Rainwings or Sandwings?" She asked "Rainwings" Prim responded. Cattail talked with them for a while. Poinsettia was surprisingly nice for a Skywing and Prim was really smart and alert for being 2 thirds Rainwing. As they headed out Cattail couldn’t help but ask "Are you really that happy?" Prim laughed at that "No, I just really like this color." Cattail walked ahead a little and looked over her shoulder back at the others. She then ran straight into another dragon. "Oh sorry!" She apologized and looked forward at the other dragon. Well, not forward more... up. She was looking at a Nightwing taller than she was. "He smiled warmly. “It’s fine. I'm sure you didn’t mean to. I'm Dreamspeaker by the way." Wow. She couldn’t believe it was a polite Nightwing. Most were grumpy and sour. "I'm Cattail." "Cattail... “he repeated "I like it. Well bye Cattail" He then walked away down the hall. "Oooo... Who was he? He's cute. I hope he's in our winglet." She heard Prim say as she came up beside her. Poinsettia rolled her eyes. "His name is Dreamspeaker." Cattail told them "Wow. Mysterious. Just like him, but like the cool handsome mysterious." Poinsettia whacked Prim's wing with one of her own. "Ow! Hey, I'm just saying. He is! Isn’t he?" she asked Cattail, defending herself. "I guess" she replied amused as Poinsettia rolled her eyes again. "Hey, I want to look for my siblings. Will you both come with me?" she asked them "Sure" Prim answered for both of them. Poinsettia shot her a glare and replied "Sure'' as well as though to prove she could answer for herself. But as they headed away Cattail couldn’t stop her thoughts from straying to Dreamspeaker. Just who was he?