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she starts slidding down the wall still asleep.

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The meeting ended and Clay and the others went down to Venus and most of the other students. “Is everyone alright?” Sunny asked in a gentle voice.

Nightfall, thinking someone might’ve slightly seen him toss the pebble, decided to go into the hallway and look at the schedule for today. He doubted there would be any classes yet, since it was the first day of school. He looked around before leaving, then tried to look normal and slipped out of the cave and into the hallway.

Sailing through the air, the pebble was in a perfect course to hit Venus. When it did, she gasped and tried to stand, though was stopped by a pair of wings over her. Blinking, she opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again when she realized the wings belonged to Wintergreen and Sandpiper. Looking at each of them in turn, she gave her silent thanks. Then, she turned her head to look at Clay, silently pleading him to tell her what she had said.

Clay said, “Well, you-“ then Tsunami interrupted and said, “You told out a stupid prophecy. Something about one of the Queens turning to stone, or something.”

Nightfall heard noises coming from the cave, but stayed on course. He saw the schedule. There weren’t any other classes, just another meeting. He sighed. He went back to the cave. He tried to get around everyone, trying not to be seen creeping back into the cave.

Ankha sat in the cave reading. She looked up as Nightfall entered. "Hi," she said.

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Spiri nodded at her friend with a grin. "Right." She kept an eye on Venus, happy to see she seemed to be recovering well from her shock. As the Dragonets of Destiny approached, the SilkWing hybrid was relieved by their presence, though she inwardly cringed at Tsunami's insensitivity toward the half-NightWing dragonet. She was aware the SeaWing disliked prophecies on account of how they'd affected her life...but she shouldn't take it out on this poor seer...she thought, anyway

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[See earlier post for Firebug.]

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Wintergreen smiled at Venus, then gave a disapproving frown to Tsunami. While prophecies could be complicated, yes, it wasn't the Night-RainWing's fault! "Venus," she said, getting her friend's attention. "The exact words you said were, 'Purest queen, silken cold, hopeless seer, turned to stone'. Nothing more, nothing less, as far as I heard." The IceWing kept her wing tented around Venus, even though she could see the navy dragon starting to recover. Wintergreen couldn't help feeling just a bit protective of the dragonet, especially with Tsunami glaring as though she was about to challenge the entire ocean to a fight.

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Sandpiper returned Spiri's smile, glad to see that she was doing alright. His relief at seeing the Dragonets of Destiny approach was squashed by Tsunami's harsh words. He returned the Seawing's ferocious look. "Hey, it's not her fault," he countered sharply before addressing the other three dragons. "Wintergreen got the words right." He paused, looking around at the other dragons. "Does anyone...have any idea what any of it means?"

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Wintergreen was grateful to the hybrid for speaking up to Tsunami. In the brief silence that followed, she hoped that even if these dragons didn't know what to do, that maybe they could contact someone who did...She shivered, half with excitement and half with fear. Though she'd heard stories about Moonwatcher, she certainly hoped that the Nightwing would be as kind and helpful as the legends said. Wintergreen swiveled her head to look at Sandpiper as he posed his question. "I..." she hesitated, looking at Spiri, then at Venus. "Well- I was just wondering if...um, "silken cold" sounds like it could refer to Spiri's freezesilk."

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Nightfall, looking up nervously, said, “H-hi.” He sat on a different bench, hoping nobody questioned how Venus was healed so quickly. He didn’t wanna be a part in it.

Cyclone entered the front of the mountain at the entrance of the cave. He said, “Um, hello?” He looked around but didn’t see anybody.

Tsunami muttered something then went into a different cave. Clay said, “She doesn’t really like prophecies.”

Venus had winced both visibly and in motion at Tsunami's venomous words. It wasn't like she had wanted the "ability." To her, it seemed to do more harm then good. Feeling Wintergreen's icy wing shiver, she looked at the dragonet. Before Wintergreen looked back, though, Venus was looking towards Clay again. "Do you know what any of that means? I mean, 'turned to stone' sounds an awful lot like Sunny's father. And 'hopeless seer?' I think that means me, but I could be wrong. 'Purest Queen' would be somebody generous and fair, thinking of the people before herself." She didn't ever mention the 'silken cold' bit, but maybe because she thought it was too obvious.

Clay said, “I don’t know. Moon might be able to know. Does anyone know where she might be?” he asked.

Nightfall said, “M-maybe she’s in th-the Rainforest.”

Cyclone walked deeper into the school. “Hellooooooo. Anyone there?” he asked aloud, trying to find someone. Maybe they were on a field trip or something. He could probably wait.

rose was still slidding down the wall by her face and is still asleep.

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Nightfall saw this and quickly threw a pile of moss where Rose would have fallen. He didn’t want anyone else getting hurt. He sat back down and laid down on the bench. He wondered when all of this stuff is going to end.

Cyclone was getting bored when nobody answered him. He heard noises from a nearby cave so he decided to check it out. He went to the cave and saw what was happening. “Hey everyone. What’s happening?” he asked. He was a little confused because everyone was gathered around something, or maybe someone, he didn’t know yet.

she fell onto the moss and curled up on it and kept sleeping.

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Spiri decided not to think about that part of the prophecy just now. It wasn't like she didn't have enough to worry about already, with settling into the Rainforest after a life on another continent on top of dealing with a new school. The last thing she needed to worry about was her being partially responsible for a Queen turning to stone, if that was even what it meant. She just smiled at Venus. "I'm just glad you're okay. I hope you interpret that prophecy, though." She glanced at Sandpiper in Wintergreen, as if silently asking their agreement. "It may be important." She knew little about prophecies and how they worked, but from her knowledge, they usually weren't a topic to be taken lightly.

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Clay turned around. “Oh. You must be Cyclone. Welcome to the school.” He stepped away from the other students so he could greet the dragonet. “You know I’m Clay. You are going to be in the Hold Winglet. Do you wanna meet your new clawmates?”

Cyclone said, “Of course.” He bounded into the room. He said loudly, “Hi everyone! I’m new here.” Nightfall looked up at the new student. Well, he wasn’t exactly new since this was the first day.