School for the Special Ep.4

"Yay!" Jungle exclaimed, as though she'd just won a hundred blueberries.

"What is it?" Kraken asked, curiously.

"We're both in the Marble winglet!" Jungle said, twinning her tail around Kraken's. Curiously, Kraken did not flinch at the contact, as she would with anyone else. I must actually like this dragon.

"I'm going to take that thought as a compliment." Jungle noted, and then glanced back at the board. "Says here that our special scaled member is named 'Hourglass'. Who's that?"

"I dunno," Kraken said with a shrug.

"I am." a small voice said from behind them.

Kraken and Jungle both turned, to find the smallest SandWing they'd ever seen standing in front of them. Her scales were a pure sand color, with odd white stripes across her tail. Ever stranger, an hourglass shaped dot was printed on her side. Must be where she gets her name, Kraken thought.

"I'm Hourglass." Hourglass said. "Nice to meet you."

Kraken was about to greet Hourglass when Jungle beat her to it. "Nice to meet you as well! I'm Jungle, and this is Kraken. I am so happy to meet you. Firescales, was it?"

"N-no." Hourglass said. "Its-"

"Oh, heatscales, right. Sorry about that." Jungle said. She got a faraway look in her eyes, and then refocused back on Hourglass. "That's amazing! Is it really how you got your hourglass spot?"

Kraken glanced at the strange hourglass-shaped spot on Hourglass's side. Hourglass shifted. "Yes..."

"How?" Kraken blurted. "How did you get it?"

Hourglass seemed to soak in what she said, and then changed the subject. "Um, let me show you our dormroom. It's close by." she turned quickly and started down the hall.

"Huh," Jungle said, and then followed. Kraken started behind her, but wondered why Hourglass hadn't told her about her strange spot. Must be personal... she thought.

... or animus related?