The Winds of Change

The Dragon Tribes of Pyrrhia & the Hidden World

Dart's P.O.V

I stared at both Ermine and Tempest with wide pale blue eyes. "Wow! That's a lot of abilities for only seven dragon tribes." I replied, with aw and amazement.

"Well... So, Dart, now that we've told you about our dragons, now t your trn. What kind of dragons do you have in... The what was it called again? The Hidden World, wasn't it? What are they like? How are their different cultures unease from ours? Stuff like that.@ I could only nod my head frantically up and down, my ocean-blue eyes stretched wide open in a mix of shock and a bit of unease pooling in my facial features as I met the eager, star-streaked Aqua-green gaze of Tempest, and the much calmer, but just as I treated ice-blue gaze of Ermine from somewhere behind me and a little to the right of the Over-excited, and slightly smaller form of the nearly shimmering azure blue tinted scales of the more outgoing SeaWing dragonet.

"We have a lot of dragons... but there not just seven tribes. Theres a lot of different dragons. There rarest one is the NightFury. My dad's a NightFury named Toothless. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance: Hide and pray it does not find you. And then theres the LightFury... there kind of like NightFurys but they can blend in the day time and they have different abilities. My mother is a LightFury named Starlight. There's also the Deadly Nadder, the Monstrous Nightmare, the Hideous Zippleback, the Groncle, the Terrible Terror. And many many others." I said, listing off the dragons that I know of. Tempest was wide-eyed while Ermine's attention was actually away from her scroll. I smiled a toothless smile at the SeaWing and IceWing dragonets.

"By the Force, Dart, that's insane! Your homeland has more dragons than all of the 7 tribes of Pyrria combined!" the SeaWing dragonet stammered out, green eyes round like a loath cat, and the tone in which she spoke pinging with a twinge of barely concealed sceptisisum. "Girl, you're not fooled around with su, are ya?" She barred her eyes a fraction of an inch, before turning toward her IceWing friend to gage her reaction. !

"Stars, Dart! That's simple... They have these poisonous spikes at the end of there tails, and their known to have the hottest fire in the dragon world."

"Oh, and theres one thing that I forgot to mention about the NightFury... This thing never steels food, never shows itself... And never misses. And there really good at dive-bombing, they have retractable teeth, echolocation and blending in with the night sky." I said with growing pride at my father's fierce reputation.

"So just to clarify... There's The MudWings, SandWings, SkyWings, SeaWings, IceWings, RainWings, and the NightWings?" I asked, and Tempest nodded, I turned to see that Ermine was still engrossed in her scroll.

"But IceWings are always all white right? Then why does Ermine have dark blue tail spikes and horns?" I asked and Tempest gave a thoughtful look.

"Her parents and younger sister all have dark blue tail spikes and horns. But yes... usually IceWings are pure white." The SeaWing explained.

Silence fell once again and this time I was the one to break it.

"Is Ermine from the circles?" I asked, with a curious look in said IceWings direction. Tempest nodded and answered for Ermine.

"Ermine is from the circles, though she's much more... open in her opinions about it... Most of the time she's pretty quiet and she tends to keep to herself when I'm not there." Tempest explained, answering for Ermine. "At the meetings that the older IceWings have every few months... Let's just say she's caused some IceWing spikes to rattle." Tempest added, clearly poking fun at her friend good-naturedly.

Ermine rolled her eyes at Tempest. "Haha, IceWing puns. Hilarious and original! What's next, coming up with the cool and cold jokes?" Asked the IceWing with a mix of betrayal and a pout on her face. But Ermine was clearly being sarcastic. There was no mean spite in her tone when talking to Tempest.

"Ohh... I get the joke! But what are the circles?" I questioned, tilting my head in confusion. Ermine looked up from her scroll briefly and added.

"The IceWings have rankings and they go up depending on how high up in the circles you are. Most of the IceWings are really... lets just say there all pretty cold to others. They are also very strict in their traditions." Said Ermine. "IceWing Royals are instantly placed at the highest ranking in the circles. I'm from the circles, but I don't really agree with the IceWing aristocracy." Ermine explained.

"So you're like, what, against the circles?" I asked, frowning and blinking in confusion as I stared up at Ermine.

"Not necessarily." Ermine added. "A chain of command is certainly needed. I'm not saying that the system is bad or anything... But in practice, the system of the circles are flawed and dated. It doesn't have to go away, but it does need to change." Ermine quietly explained, though the IceWing's expression changed slightly at the mention of the circles.