"Princess isn't queen, and nothing can be done to change history. Only the future."

Kitten hates thinking about home, about what she lost. Her adoptive brother and sister, who she absolutely doted on, were only two and three years old. Supposedly there's a way to put things back, but Kitten doesn't know if she believes that. She can't bring herself to bring anyone else false hope, so she sits on her own and says nothing.

Until she bursts out into a series of clicks and whistles that are her closest approximation of human laughter. "Kitten is not a very dragonish name, but most of us have silly names until we grow up a bit. Icefall and Steelsings are older than I am, but they're still Scamp and Grizzle.

What does it mean to be a Fire Princess?"