|| TAIGA || Wings of fire [Reader insert]!FEM

Chapter eight

      The gong sounded twice, echoing through the tunnels.
“Time for history,” Kinkajou said cheerfully. “Come on, Winter!”
Icicle gave him an amused, arch look.

     Winter shifted his wings uncomfortably and started after Kinkajou.

     The history lesson cave was far down inside the mountain, at the
intersection of three winding, narrow tunnels. There were fewer of the fire
globes along these tunnels; the ones here were shades of orange and blue, and
they were interspersed with flickering torches.

   Inside, the history cave’s stone walls were covered in maps, the paper
curling up at the edges, with different borders and years written on each one.
Stacks of scrolls were piled untidily everywhere, overflowing the wooden
racks provided for them.

   Webs stood in the center of the cave, waiting for everyone to gather in a
circle around him.
chosen the space,
and that he preferred the dimmer, more underground feeling. He was the
SeaWing who’d brought the fish in the net, and he was a lot older than the
prophecy dragonets.

    ' He seemed really nervous, ' Taiga observed. Which is understandable since this is gonna be his first class. ' I wonder how he got that scar on his side.. '

    Taiga's winglet filed in, and so did Sora’s.
Soon, the cave was filled with about 15 dragons.

   Taiga noticed that Icicle and Sora sat on opposite ends of the cave and
didn’t speak to each other. The other NightWing was the male uninspiringly
named Bigtail, the one Pike had growled at; now she realized they were
clawmates. She guessed that would be an uncomfortable cave to sleep in
tonight.
Bigtail glanced at Moon and Taiga and then quickly away, as if he didn’t want
to be associated with them. Pike slid past him, glowering, and nearly flicked
Bigtail’s nose with one of his wings.

    Kinkajou spotted a small blue-and-gold RainWing and dragged Moon and Taiga
over to her.
" Taiga, Moon, this is Tamarin! Tamarin, Taiga and Moon are our new best friends! Moon's super funny. Can Tamarin touch your faces? "

   ' In what universe is Moon funny. ' Taiga wrinkled her snout in amusement, she looked over at Moon and it seemed she was thinking the same.

    “It’s all right, I don’t have to,” Tamarin said, smiling. Taiga saw the pale
film across Tamarin’s eyes and remembered that the RainWing was blind.
“You can.” Moon let her talons touch Tamarin’s, and the RainWing
brushed her claws gently across Moon’s scales, horns, and snout.

     " Same here. " Taiga smiled, Tamarin did the same motions she did on Moon to Taiga.
" Have you figured everything out yet? " Kinkajou asked.
" She had the rainforest all memorized, but of course this is a whole new place. " She added. " So Queen Glory arranged for her to come early spend a few days walking all the tunnels. I bet you know Jade Mountain better than anyone now. "

" Ha. " Tamarin said. " Well, I'm getting used to it, it's useful to have walls, in a way. "

   " I can't wait for suntime, though. " Kinkajou said. " Taiga, Moon, after this we're gonna sleep in the sub the rest of the day, wanna join us? "

   " Uh - no thanks. " Moon said.
" I'll think about it. " Taiga smiled a little.

   " Everyone sit! " Webs bellowed.

    A muscular sand wing darted into the cave and sat next to Tamarin. " Hey, " She whispered. " Did I miss anything? "
" This is my clawmate, Onyx. " Tamarin said.

    Onyx had very black eyes and little black diamonds embedded between
her pale yellow scales all along her wings. She wore a metal amulet around
her neck and branching black lines were tattooed on her horns and neck.