Secrets Hidden Beneath Ice & Snow

Chapter 3: The Strange Science Class

The sound of birds singing was what woke me early that morning. I yawned and rubbed my eyes with my talons. I then slowly sat up and stretched out my wings and claws.

I yawned once more and I slowly walked over to my vanity and put on my usual accessories for the day. I then washed my face with some cold water and smoothed my tail spikes down. I then put my bandages on and did one more once over and I made my way down the hallway and closed my bedroom door behind me as I went.

As I entered the huge dining hall, I saw the Queen sitting at the table reading a scroll that was spread out in front of her on the table.

I laughed and took a seat next to her and I read over her shoulder. She looked up when I sat down. I smiled and fidgeted with my sapphire necklace.

"You sure are up early this morning, aren't you, Mistral?" The Queen asked, with a small laugh. I nodded with a toothless grin on my face. I then looked up when the doors opened and in walked Aurora, Borealis, Tempest, Ermine, Flurry, Husky, Glaze and Permafrost. I smiled brightly at them as they took their seats

"Well Mistral, today's your first day of school, are you ready?" Queen Snowdrift asked, and I gave a hesitant nod in response. I then glanced nervously at Flurry and the others. After a few moments of silence, the Queen spoke up once more.

"Ermine and Husky will be coming to the school as well," she explained to me with a gentle smile in our direction. I smiled nervously in response.

I stared down at the math scroll that I was just given. I turned to Ermine who to my shock was already finished. She was now quietly reading one of her scrolls.

I then turned to Husky, I nudged her wing with my own, causing Husky to look up at me with a raised eyebrow. "What is it, Mistral?" She asked, giveing me a puzzled look. I sighed and gestured with my talons and pointed to my math scroll. She got the message and smiled at me.

"You need help?" I nodded and she began to explain to me how the symbols and numbers came together. I tried to understand but it went right over my head. I sighed and rested my chin on my talons.

Permafrost gave me a worried look, I just gave her a reassuring smile and shrugged my wings. I just wanted classes to end already. "You ok, Mistral?" She asked, I looked up from the scroll that I had been reading, I blinked and nodded slowly after a moment of silence. She smiled and gave me a slight look of disbelief.

I then sighed once she had left the room, I banged my head on my desk in frustration. I then wrote down some ideas that were floating in the deepest depths of my mind.

I ended up writing a whole story in the process. I then looked down at my ink-stained talons in surprise and amusement. I laughed quietly to myself and I rolled up the scroll and tied it with a black leather band.

The story was titled. 'THE LIFE OF AN ICEWING PRINCESS.' I chuckled softly, and put it on my racks that were full with hundreds of my scrolls that I had written and read over the years. 'Ermine would go crazy at all of my scrolls.' I thought with an amused smile and a roll of my eyes.

I then cleaned my talons and polished my tail spikes... please, for the love of StarClan, don't ask! I'm a weirdo and my friends and the Queen all know it.

When I entered the dinning hall for dinner, the Queen and my friends all had amused smiles on their faces. I looked down at my talons to see that there was still ink on them. I smiled sheepishly and laughed quietly.

I looked up at Queen Snowdrift with a toothless grin on my face. She just shook her head in fond amusement. I sighed and shook out my wings and tail spikes. "How was your first day of school, Mistral?" The Queen asked, after a short while of silence. I looked up from my fruit to look up at her. Yes... I eat frozen fruits. I'm part SkyWing what do you expect.