The Dragonet Prophecy

The Dragonet Prophecy is the first book in the Wings of Fire series, and the first book in The Dragonet Prophecy arc. It features Clay, an MudWing dragonet, as the main protagonist.

Dedication
For Jonah, my little bigwings

Summary
Clay and his friends have grown up under a mountain in the Sky Kingdom, secretly raised by the Talons of Peace to fulfill a mysterious prophecy. The five young dragons are destined to end the war that’s been raging through the tribes of Pyrrhia—but how they’ll do this, none of them knows.

But not every dragonet wants a destiny.When one of their own is threatened, Clay and his friends decide to escape. Maybe they can real free and end the war at the same time—or maybe they’ll risk everything.

Prologue
Hvitur, an IceWing, tries to escape the SkyWing palace with the remaining SkyWing egg for the mysterious NightWing prophecy. However, as he escaped, a rival SandWing princess named Burn appears, destroys the egg, and kills Hvitur, before flying off again. So, after discovering Hvitur's death, the SeaWing guardians named Webs decided to replace the SkyWing egg with a RainWing egg.

Part 1: Under the Mountain
Kestrel and Clay have a brief training session, though harsh for the latter, and Clay receives many wounds from the fight. Once the session ends due to Tsunami's appearance, Clay and Tsunami have a short conversation about their possible parentage, and more about the Dragonets' lives are revealed. Tsunami tells Clay about her idea on escaping the cave before they turn eight years old, and though Clay is doubtful, he promises to keep it in mind.

After eating a cow, Clay and Tsunami run to the study cave and role-play on how the Great War started. Tsunami acts as Burn, Glory acts as Blister, Starflight becomes Blaze, Sunny becomes Queen Oasis, and Clay becomes a scavenger. After taking a break to discuss the three princesses, Kestrel appears and gets enraged that the dragonets are "playing" rather than studying properly. When Kestrel leaves, Tsunami gets exasperated and reminds Clay that she can't live in that way any longer.