Swiftclaw sighed. It was time to wrestle her little sister out of bed. “Come on Startail. It’s time for school. “ I hate school! Leave me alone. I’m too tired.’’ Startail growled. Swiftclaw sighed. Of all the dragons in Serenia, I got the most annoying little dragon as my sister. “ Startail, don’t you want to see your friends? Also, you’re going to learn to fly today! Won’t that be fun?’’ It worked. Startail got up immediately. As they were flying off to school, every other dragon joined their little group.

“Hey, Swiftclaw! Wait up!’’ Swiftclaw turned around to see her best friend, Sunfire.”Us Magicals need to stick together.’’ Swiftclaw smiled. Magicals were special, powerful dragons. Normal dragons each had a unique power. Not Magicals. They had all the powers. Magical dragons even had wings! Regulars just had a tree climbing ability.

“Hi guys, wait up!’’ Sunfire and Swiftclaw turned around to see their third friend join them. Her name was Lillywind, and she was a Regular.

Lillywind raced below in the treetops. Her bright green scales were blinding in the open but like camouflage in nature. She was a little sarcastic, but fast and strong. Her power is controlling plants. Every dragon family had the same color of scales and the same power. Except Magicals. Swiftclaw was a gorgeous dark purple with sparkly scales. The only way you could know who is Magical is if you had sparkly scales. Sunfire was a bright orange with sparkly scales. Startail was a bright pink with sparkly scales. And the list goes on.

Little dragons not old enough to go to school, came out to watch the super cool Magicals. At least, that’s what Sunfire thought. Sunfire loved to show off. She used a different power everyday to amaze her fans. Today’s power was shapeshifting, a rare power among Regulars. Sunfire always shapeshifted into flying animals to show off her wings. Swiftclaw thought she was being annoying. Lillywind thought that it was rude. Sunfire thought it was awesome. “Come on, Sunfire. You are so annoying.’’ Lillywind grumbled. Sunfire smiled. “Let’s go before we’re late for school.’’ intervened Swiftclaw. She wanted to avoid a fight which mysteriously happened a lot.

“Hi, you guys!’’ Swiftclaw and her friends turned around to see the 4th member of their team. Bluesky. She was a dark blue Magical who was shy, very sweet, kind, and a bookworm. Her voice was soft but sweet. She didn’t talk much, but when she did, everydragon listened. They grouped up to discuss ideas for their club as they neared the school. Their club was called the Quest Club. They adventured around the continent to fix issues for dragons. Questing for world peace was their main idea so far. Swiftclaw said goodbye to her friends as she went to class. First subject of the day, history, Swiftclaw’s favorite.

“Today we are going to learn about Magical gems and the Magical dragons who made them.’’ Swiftclaw sat up, this sounded interesting. “The most Magical dragon in the history of Serenia is Swiftwillow. She thought that Regulars needed wings and it was unfair they didn’t have any. So she made a Magical gem that would give wings to Regulars who needed them. But Queen Petalstem (the most evil queen in history) was furious. She loved it when Magicals triumphed over Regulars. She believed Magicals were superior to Regulars because of their power and wings. So she locked up powerful Swiftwillow with her own power, (the queen’s powers are always stronger than any other dragon’s) hiding away Swiftwillow’s gem in the process. And to this day, no dragon knows where it is. Time for math now.’’ finished her teacher.

Swiftclaw could hardly pay attention to all her classes. As soon as school was out, she met up with her friends to tell them all about history. “Wow’’. They all said at once. Lillywind was silent. “You okay, Lillywind?’’ asked Bluesky. When Swiftclaw turned around to look, Lillywind said determinly, “I will go and find the gem. Swiftwillow’s right. It is unfair. I want to fly more than anything. Will you guys come with me?’’ “Oh my gosh, of course I’ll go!’’ squealed Sunfire. Swiftclaw nodded with a smile on her face. Bluesky was silent, but she agreed.

“Hey, we’ll make this into a project for the Questing Club!’’ Swiftclaw said excitedly. “We’ll be righting all wrongs! Saving the day!’’And they all cheered. Next day, her friends came. Her friends all agreed to meet at her house yesterday. There was no school because it was Saturday. As soon as they all got there, Startail knocked on Swiftclaw’s door to supposedly show off her new flying tricks. Startail actually was just eavesdropping . All four dragons knew that and silently climbed out the window. “We can’t tell out parents about this.’’ whispered Bluesky. “Let’s keep it a secret.’’ They all agreed and went out to find a secret place to plan their quest. Several hours later, they were called in by their parents. “Let’s meet again tomorrow.’’ said Swiftclaw.

Next day, they were planning to escape from their homes to find the Magical gem. Swiftclaw was going to ditch school, while her friends were going to pretend they were sick, so they could sneak out. They all met in the treehouse. Lillywind had sneaked into the library to find out more about the gem. “I tore this map from a library book.’’ she said proudly. Bluesky was shocked that anyone would do such a thing. But Blueske got over it and they started off. After a long and tiring search, they got to the last place on the map where the gem was rumored to be was a squirrel nest. “How do we get up there?’’ murmured Sunfire. But then Lillywind used her special power to control the tree and make it bend down, so Swiftclaw could reach inside and pull out the gem. “We did it!’’ They shouted. And they flew home to show others their victory.