Tempest Unleashed

Chapter 1: Introduction

Oh, hey, I didn't see you there! I'm Tempest the SkyWing. First of all, let me tell you about how I look. I have ruby red scales, wily and bright green eyes, a ruby red SandWing barb, my horns are a slightly darker red than my scales, and I'm about 4 years old. I'm half SkyWing, half SandWing. When I was hatched, my mother didn't want me. I grew up in the Scorpion Den in the Kingdom of Sand without a name. Everyone knew me as the scruffy street dragon. Then, I met him. He was called Typhoon. He was a SeaWing-IceWing hybrid, and he treated me as if were his own daughter. He gave me the name Tempest because when I fly, my huge wings make small tornadoes. When we met, he said to me, "Your wings are absolutely huge! No wonder you make small tornadoes with your wings!" I barked with laughter, and in that moment, we were bonding. I grew up right by his side. He taught me everything I know. He taught me to feint and parry and block and attack. Since I didn't have any kind of currency, he also taught me how to be cunning and steal things to survive. I stole a tent, I stole food, I stole water, and I stole hearts. Every good little SkyWing boy that was around my age started to love me more and more, every day they thought about me. Daring, witty, everything they could hope for in a mate. They even started making posters of a dark, mysterious dragon that looked nothing like me and putting them in their rooms. They called me "The Tornado". Typhoon was afraid that they knew who I was and that the posters would tick off the new queen of the SkyWings, Queen Falcon, so he forced me to go to the Jade Mountain Academy. That's where I am right now.