The Land of Ignos was prosperous and peaceful since time immeasurable. The riders had always been well respected, but in recent years they have become novelty. The numbers of dragons have been dwindling slowly over the past few decades. The fledglings are either hatched weak or die within the egg. Now even the humans have started having the same problem. The babies are either dying in wombs or soon after birth. No one can figure out the problem, nor find a solution. The academy now has hardly 2-3 new dragon rider pairs per year. This year the scene looks even more bleak. There are only 2 eggs. Chances are one of the fledglings will die within, which means only one dragon rider pair. And if both die.... ?! This marks the worst year so far. But on the bonding day, Ignos gets a shocking surprise! A new dragon rider pair suddenly arrive at the academy, and they're not fledglings either. Who are they? Where did they come from? Does this mean end of this cursed period of dwindling? Or is it going to bring more problems?