Wings of Fire: The LightWing Legacy

Chapter 1

Midnight hid on the safety of his dark cave. He's not been seen by any strangers. He held onto a strange rock he found not too long ago. His yellow eyes glared at the stone, then back to the cave entrance. He put the stone from space into his satchel, which never leaves his neck, and he buried his head between his front talons and wings, beginning to cry. "You're worthless, Midnight, a mistake I intend to fix." The words of King Smolder of the LightWings flew around in his mind.

A voice came from the cave entrance.
"Who... what... are you?" The feminine voice made Midnight jump and move back towards the back wall of the cave, tears still strolling from his eyes. "S- stay back..."

"Hey, kid, it's ok... don't be afraid. Oh, but, uh, don't get too close." Suddenly, a piece of stone came off of the ceiling, hitting Midnight on the head. He collapsed, knocked out.

-3 days later-

Midnight awoke with a slight groan. "Oh! Clay, he's awake!" 'The same voice from earlier... Why do they seem... excited?' Thoughts started flowing again. Then he tried to get up, but winces from pain and gets back down. Another dragon entered the room. "Woah, easy. You still need to heal." Midnight then opened his yellow eyes, which derted around, looking at his surroundings. 'So much for staying low...' he thought. "Where... am I?" The brown dragon that had come in at the orange one's exclamation was the one to respond. "This is the infirmary of Jade Mountain Academy. I'm Clay, and this is Peril." 'So the one who found me in the cave was Peril.' Peril was next to speak. "A stone about the size of your talon, but clenched, hit you on your forehead." Midnight was hit with realization.

Midnight sat down to think. Clay continued as a golden dragon and a blue dragon came in. "Finding you was shocking to a lot of us. Well, all of us. We've never seen a dragon like you before. What exactly are you?" Peril then added something before Midnight could respond. "And... who are you?"

"M- my name is Midnight. I'm a LightWing. My tribe... we're going extinct, all because of our king..." Midnight laid down completely, feeling weak from his pain and emotions. Peril winced and asked, "When the stone hit you, it made a sound of something hitting metal. What was that?" "Some of my tribe is metal. They're known as knights. When they're touched normally, it's like touching a normal dragon. At hard contact though, it's like hitting metal. It does hurt us, however. It's to protect us from other dragons by having them hurt themselves as well." This shocked all four of the dragons listening. The blue one asked him "Is the rest of your tribe metal as well?"
"Only three that I know of. Add me and thats four. I also know three others of my tribe that aren't metal, so there's four out of seven that is metal." 'Was that really something that concerning?' After a few minutes, Midnight knew the blue dragon as Tsunami, and the gold one as Sunny.

-3 hours later-

"Hey, Starflight, do we have any scrolls on LightWings by any chance? We have one in the school. His name is Midnight." "Let me check, Tsunami... Yep. Is Midnight in here?" "He is, but... he's a little shy. Fatespeaker, can you take Midnight to my sleeping cave?" The dragonets have decided to watch over him since he's in hiding. "Sure! Come on, Midnight." Midnight followed her shyly his head lowered.

As Midnight and Fatespeaker walked through the halls, Midnight noticed a lot of dragons staring at him. A lot of them were muttering to each other. Two glittering white dragons gave him a glare that made him lower his head more, wanting to run off and curl up into a ball. "You better get used to more attention, Midnight. Sunny says we're holding an assembly tomorrow about you." Midnight's eyes went wide. "W- what? A- about me?!" "Yep. Your tribe is quite rare around here. I feel that destiny brought you here."