wings of fire · dragonets of destiny · jade mountain academy · protective friends · chaotic reunion · teachers · queen · headmaster · bullying · morning confrontation
Golden light cuts through the carved windows, painting drifting dust motes in the still air of the sleeping cave. The calm splinters as a cluster of shadows fills the entrance: teachers, a queen, the headmaster. Clay stands with his head slightly bowed in the far corner, while a live-wire tension crackles among the adults. The peaceful morning is gone, replaced by a charged, chaotic stillness that pins you in your bunk.