Science and history were pretty boring except when Pond kept correcting the history teacher with wrong facts and getting him confused. Art was pretty fun; minus Poinsettia's weird lumpy clay sculpture which she claimed indignantly "Did not look like a pile of cow dung and was a perfectly fine dragon." Zoology was confusing but interesting. Music class was the best class though. When Cattail arrived music instruments were strewn around the floor. The others soon filed in. The teacher basically said today do whatever. Surprisingly it was Mirage who got the music started. The others picked up instruments. Cattail was beating on various drums keeping time with the beat. Mirages voice was strong, beautiful, and full of attitude. Soon the whole cave was full of music and dragon voices. Of them all Mirages was the lead and could always be distinguished "You better move you better dance! I'll make a night you won’t remember, I'll be the one you won’t forget!" Dreamspeaker and Drought sung one part together in a duet. Cattail joined in and even Cattails tone deaf brother Avalanche kept beat while singing. The whole cave was playing an instrument, singing, and moving around the cave. Prim was given a chance to sing and took it away in a sweet, strong, musical voice. At one point she tried to get Cattail to take over who immediately refused but eventually was persuaded. "What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! Stand a little taller!" She started with other voices backing her in a new song. They took over on another song, their voices stronger than ever. Mirage started with. "We call them cool, those hearts that have no scars to show, who never do let go, and risk the tables turning." Primrose picked up the next part singing “We call them fools, those who have to dance within the flame, who risk the sorrow and the shame that always comes with getting burned." Drought and Dreampeaker picked up together with "But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire, because it’s not enough just to stand outside the fire." They switched back to Mirage “We call them strong, those who can face this world alone, who get by on their own, and those who will never take the fall." Prim came back in “We call them weak, who are unable to resist the slightest chance that love might exist and for that forsake it all." Prim elbowed Cattail convincing her to take on the next verses " They're so moon-bent on giving, walking a wire. Convinced it’s not living if you’re standing outside the fire. Standing outside the fire. Standing outside the fire. Life is not trying, it’s merely surviving if you standing outside the fire." Drought and Dreamspeaker sung again "There is this love that is burning deep in my soul, constantly yearning to get out of control. Wanting to fly higher and higher. I can’t abide, standing outside the fire." They sang the end altogether " Standing outside the fire. Standing outside the fire. Life is not trying its merely surviving if you’re standing outside the fire. Standing outside the fire. Standing outside the fire. Life is not trying its merely surviving if you’re standing outside the fire." when they finished they were laughing overjoyed by the power of the song. Just after, the sound of the gong reverberated through the cave and everyone scrambled for the next class. Civics, the governments of the different tribes, was super boring. That afternoon the Sapphire Winglet, Cattails siblings, Mirage, and Rattlesnake went to the basic afterschool music class and sung the rest of the free time. The next day in mathematics was pretty bad. Cattail hadn’t known anyone could screw up the adding tables that bad. Oops. Creative writing was fun. Mirage had a lot of fun and Cattail discovered another hidden Prim talent. Poinsettia was really bad at stories but her poems were amazing. History was.... different. A Sandwing named Sandstone kept doing weird things making everyone laugh when the teacher wasn’t looking. Cattail got some aim help in flight practice from Prim. Dragon Anatomy wasn’t nearly as interesting without Mirage. Geography was ok. She was getting better and needed less help. After school she decided to go to the library again. She had to take a different route from before because of coming from a different classroom. When she was almost the library she heard screams, a roar, and a loud crash. She rushed down the hall and past the library to the noise. She met with Dreamspeaker and Drought as she got there. Pond was backed against a wall looking in horror at a fallen piece of roof. Obsidian was lying on the floor nearby trying to get herself upright. The chunk of roof lay half shattered on the floor. Frost was by it trapped with his tail under the rock. "Help me get this off of him." She commanded immediately her Bigwings instincts taking over. With their help she shifted the rock and Drought and Dreamspeaker balanced Frost on their shoulders. They took off for the healers. "What happened?" Cattail asked turning to her sister. "I'll tell you what happened! Someone tried to kill me!" Obsidian raged. "That can't be. It was an accident." Pond insisted her voice shaking slightly. Cattail checked the place the rock frowning in concentration. "No, she's right." Cattail said as she returned. "It was clawed away so a hard whack from a tail on the wall could have sent it falling. It could have been triggered on purpose or on accident." Pond looked horrified and Obsidian hissed. "If it hadn't been for Frost I would be dead. He shoved me out of the way and got his tail crushed!" She roared and turned and stalked away. I looked at Pond. "I realize she's no one's favorite dragon but why would someone want to kill her?" Just then Poinsettia came running down to them. "I was nearby and heard something. What happened?" They explained and she gasped when they came to the part about Frost. "Oh poor Frost!" She wailed. "I have to go tell Prim." She said turning away quickly as if she couldn't bear to look at the rock darted off back down a tunnel. Cattail turned to Pond; she was felt really guilty because she hadn’t thought of her sooner. She was her sister and Cattail was her Bigwings!  "Are you ok?" She asked. She hadn’t realized until now how close it was to her sister when the roof fell. "Yeah I'm....” she hesitated before finishing "Fine. I'm fine." She did not look fine. She looked down the side of the hall where Obsidian disappeared. Cattail came up next to her and wrapped her wing around her. "You know you can tell me anything, right? When you are ready that is." Pond looked up and smiled weakly at her sister. "Yeah, I know. It's just Obsidian. She's..." Cattail got the extreme urge to claw Obsidian’s face off. "A squid brain?" She offered giving thanks to Chasm for the new insult. "A piece of cow dung? A sheep brain? A what Prim called her brothers?" Pond gave Cattail and amused look. "Well yes, but i was going more for not the nicest dragon ever." "Understatement of the century." Cattail replied. "Now come on, let's see if we can find a guide or some dragon to tell. Maybe a Mudwing one." Then both their stomachs rumbled at the same time. "And maybe get a snack on the way there." Cattail added as Pond laughed and they walked down the tunnel.