Draco looked up at her savior and nodded in agreement. Draco said, "T-Thanks." Draco saw the dragon that accompanied the young man and smiled at her. Draco knew that dragons had a better sense of smell than all of the dog breeds combined, so the young man's dragon would probably smell the Dragon King's scent on Draco. Draco looked around and saw that it was getting dark, she knew it would soon be time for the professional dragon rider to come get the students.<br/><br/>It was 5 minutes before midnight and Draco was the first to hear the wing beats of the arriving dragon. Draco looked up to see a large sky blue dragon about to land at the foot of the ruins. The rider on the dragon's back had long black hair tied in a loose ponytail, he wore a cloak fastened with a silver brooch set with a large red gemstone, he also had black knee-high boots and an eye-patch over his left eye, underneath his left eye was a large scar that looked to be an old severe burn, his right eye was sky blue. The dragon set down a large rectangular woven basket that looked like something you'd find on a hot air balloon only 3 times as big, and it had seats inside it much like a bus. The rider said, "Hello, my name is Professor Skiel and this is Cloudbuster, we will be taking you to the Academy now so get inside the basket and take a seat on one of the benches, only two people per bench and be sure to place your luggage underneath your seats. Students with their own dragons will have the option of riding their dragon or riding in the basket to the Academy. Now, everyone hurry up." The students all got into the basket and sat on the benches, there was plenty of extra benches since class sizes varied each year and once every few years there would be a class size of about 30-100 people. Draco got in a seat at the back and placed what little belongings she had brought with her under the seat, save for her art bag which was full of sketchbooks, cheap colored pencils, and other low quality art supplies that people normally throw away when they get higher quality supplies. Once everyone was seated and were settled in, Cloudbuster took off and circled the basket once before grabbing a sort of handle for him to carry the basket and lifting it off the ground. The flew for 6 hours before arriving at a floating piece of land at dawn, Draco looked out the side of the basket to see that there were more floating pieces of land connected by stone bridges, the clouds cleared away to reveal more and more of the airborne country. They soared over the countryside with fields of plants and herds of animals never seen before by human eyes, they flew over small towns and big cities full of strange looking people with wings or ears or tails, some were even changing into animals to make their farm work easier. All of it impressive, but not as impressive as the dragons flying all through the air above and around the floating country. Then they arrived at a smaller chunk of floating land that Draco assumed was the Academy grounds, there were large buildings everywhere along with a large courtyard and gardens as well as an arena where they would train their dragons to fight, fly, and use their abilities. Then Professor Skeil directed Cloudbuster to land in front of the Academy at what looked to be a drop off point, Cloudbuster placed the basket on the pavement before landing next to it. Professor Skeil then let the students out and said, "Your first stop is the dorms over there, if you need help finding your way to the dorms ask one of the older students or a nearby professor. At the dorms front desk, you will be given all your supplies for the school along with a fireproof backpack to hold your supplies, a map to the school grounds, and a dorm key. Rooms on the ground level are able to have their dragons inside depending on the size of the dragon, rooms on higher levels will not have that luxury but will have a balcony for your dragons to land on to visit you. Your room number will be on the key, for example, if you have the room code 1504 then the first number is the floor level your room is on, the last three numbers are your room number. Now, feel free to explore before you go to your dorms, or if you're tired since most of you have been up all night, you may go to your dorms right away and take a nap. Classes don't start until tomorrow and the Headmaster will be providing an introductory speech for all students in the Cafeteria at dinnertime. Oh and the dorms are mixed so there is no gender exclusive dorms. Now, off with you and welcome to Skywing Dragon Academy." Draco grabbed her luggage and decided to head to her dorm to put her stuff away and take a break before meeting her roommate and exploring the Academy grounds.