Just Add a Speck of Magic
Korrin McKissic Age 9
Closest to the Sun DISCLAIMER: FANFIC FOR WINGS OF FIRE. TUI OWNS WINGS OF FIRE. DON’T COPY WRITE ME. PLEASE, I BEG OF THEE. PROLOGUE (Spoiler warning!) A brown and teal, odd-looking mud wing woke up from what felt like forever. Her mother called out, “WAKE UP.” Zahara shook herself awake and went downstairs to see her mom. “What’s so important that you wake me up this early?” groaned Zahara. “We have been one of the few, random dragons picked out to join the queens of the kingdoms for their meeting,” she roared. “Why are they doing this?” groaned Zahara. Her mom shrugged. “We should ask the queens when we get there. Just . . . don’t offend them or the princesses.” Zahara perked up. “The princesses will be there?” Her mother nodded. “But we will hunt first and then make our way there at dawn. Hopefully, we will be there by midnight or earlier than that. If not, we will be late. It’s a night party.” Soon enough, they took off. Zahara caught a rabbit, and her mom caught an elk. They ate, and then they made their way over. “What do you think it will be like? Do you think a lynx will be there with Queen Snowfall?” Zahara chirped excitedly. “I don’t know. You seem more excited than I thought you’d be,” Zahara nodded. Once they made it, the ice palace was a mass of glittering and shining light. “What a beautiful palace,” her mom said as they landed. They saw Queen Snowfall pacing around nervously. They talked with the other dragons who were chosen. One was a rain wing, who was very pale for a rain wing with a pale, fern underbelly and white scales. The other one was an ice-sand wing hybrid named Skadi, who turned out to be the adopted daughter of Qibli, who knew a dragon with a Norse accent. Zahara thought, “Yes, I’ll make a custom winglet about how that happened.” After they ate, Queen Snowfall called out for everyone who was invited from possibility: a weirdo mud wing, an edgy rain wing, and a men-
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