Clouds Stalking

Prologue
Clouds drifted slowly across the sky as a small, stocky dragon sat on the reading and writing cloud. She tapped it thoughtfully with her talons as she dipped her quill in a ink pot, and began to write again. "Cumulus!" ''Oh, moons above. It's Mother AGAIN.'' Her mother, Queen Drizzle, poked her head outside. "Dear, are you busy writing?" "Yes!" shouted Cumulus. "I AM!" Mother looked hurt. "I just wanted to tell you your grandfather will be here in a couple of hours. If you want to see him then, please do consider coming." She went back inside. As soon as Drizzle had gone, Cumulus hopped up, closed the lid of the ink pot, and fastened her scroll. She loved when her grandfather visited. Altitude did talk about the old days and a lot, and he had a creaky old voice, but everything he said was so interesting!

And he understood her love of writing scrolls, unlike her mother and sisters. ''When I'm queen, Mother and my sisters will be sorry. ''It was true she had three competitors for the throne, but Mother was getting old and weak, and her sisters were incompetent. Even if they beat her to it, she would get the throne anyway. She cackled as she got up to go see Grandfather. She trusted him, she would tell him that she was planning to challenge Mother. Soon, she thought, ''Soon they'll all realize how strong I am.. ''