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Ameris · 14.Mar.15, 12:48 AM

The hums of the dragons were both soothing and exhilarating as Ameris watched the hatching of Mizeath's second clutch. The excitement was a solid thing as the first of the hatchlings made their appearance and chose those they would spend their lives with. Her mouth drew down at the mutters of a green hatching first, a slight disappointment fluttering in her breast, one that was quickly squashed as she caught a glimpse of the delight on her son's face as he watched the clumsy greens tumble and fall. One day he would stand amongst the crowd of candidates waiting for his own dragon. She had secret wishes that her son would impress bronze and one from Mizeath, but she would delight in any hatchling that chose Rislan.

The air charged as those present waited as the Gracious egg shuddered so violently that it toppled and rolled. A crack appeared along the bottom, tracing out into an intricate pattern of fissures. With a push of hind legs, the first bronze of the clutch made his appearance. Ameris couldn't suppress the laughter that bubbled up as Gracious sat with a thud, upper half of his shell still attached to his head. Rislan shouted and pointed as another hatchling broke shell. This egg, Straightforward, presented them with another brown. Straightforward stood with an almost feline stretch, fingers wide as first one rear leg and then the other was stretched backwards, the look on his face Ameris could only describe as blissful.

Shooting a quick and curious look at his trapped brother, the brown marched with determination to the boys. A few chuckles sounded as the bronze hopped in place, trying to rid himself of the shell that did not want to budge. With an angry shriek, Gracious shook himself hard and finally the blasted shell shattered to fall to the ground. With a snort at the offending egg shell, the Gracious hatchling dashed to the boys, to flash rainbow eyes at a laughing boy, beating the Straightforward hatching by seconds, as the brown made his choice as well.

Two greens quickly made themselves known as the Possessive and the Explosive eggs cracked and splintered, bits of shell falling to the sand. Both girls moved to explore, snuffling and kicking at the sand. Neither of the greens seemed to be in much of a hurry to find their life mates as they mumbled to themselves at the marvel that was the hatching sand. The Intuitive broke shell revealing yet another green, eye flashed rainbow and Intuitive ran to her grinning boy, delighting in finding her bonded. Callous shook and shuddered as the dragonet inside fought to be free. A tail broke free the color plainly green, followed by a front foot before the egg split and Callous tumbled to the ground.

Impartial hatched without much fanfare showing the world another blue who sat looking quite dazed before scrambling to his feet. Impartial made the mistake of running to close to his sister and she screeched a warning before darting after the blue as he made his way to the boys. Unsteady legs made for poor guidance and she crashed into a group of several youngsters, bringing them all down in a heap. Hard talons raked across hands as she fought to her feet, eyes flashed with the colors of impression, a scratched and tearful young man leading her away.

Impartial began to inspect the boys, nudging here and there. One boy giggled as the small blue snuffled at his legs, the air blowing his robes about. An outraged shriek was followed by a small green body as Possessive slammed into her brother, sending the blue rolling away. Cat like the tiny green, rubbed against the boys legs and impression was made. The boy gently chastised the young green as he lead her away to be fed. Luck would be on the side of young Impartial as the tantrum of his sister had landed directly at the feet of the boy he finally chose, and the small blue danced with glee beside his boy as they went to be fed.

While her siblings had their spat, Explosive took this time to find the boy exactly right for her, and made her choice with one of the smallest in the group. She hopped around the laughing boy as eyes flashed and danced with her impression and her joy. The little green exploded from her bonded running this way and that as she leapt about, before finally being brought to heel and off they went. Modest brought forth another blue that slowly moved about awkward wings dragging the ground. The small blue tripped over those wings, falling into the Versatile egg. The weight of the blue's body and the efforts of the dragonet within shattered the unremarkable shell and Versatile darted to his feet, giving his brother a shove. The blue rolled again, Versatile giving chase as he stumbled over his own wings.

Ameris shook her head at the antics of the hatchlings. She never would understand their need to do things so difficultly. Why in the world couldn't they just get on with it? Make it snappy? They cannot just chose at random, Ameris, Mizeath scolded, They must chose those who are right. The statement had Ameris rolling her eyes, Yes but they could do so without all the horseplay, she replied as she watched another shell crack and splinter, bringing forth the third bronze of the clutch.

This bronze, Affable, was slow to rise and slow to move towards the waiting group of candidates. He neither screeched as his angry bronze brother did and he certainly did not cow down before anyone as Modest seemed to be doing. This bronze held his head up as he swung it this way and that, searching and searching before finally landing on a tall lanky fellow near the middle of the group. Affable made his choice, eyes spun with impression, and the boy (nearly a man he was) shoved his way forward. The newly minted rider shouted out his name and the pair moved off.

Versatile continued to chase his blue brother, both dragonets clumsy and awkward. It was nearly comical to watch as bronze tripped over wings still damp and unruly and blue rolled along (one would think the blue was having fun rolling around if not for the seriousness of the matter). Finally the actions were halted as a boy as unremarkable as the Versatile egg had been, stepped forth calling out to the pair. Versatile stuttered to a halt, head whipping around at the boy who dared to stop his play. The dragonet must have like what he seen because impression was made and the pair moved away.

Modest jumped to his feet and finally ambled his way to the waiting boys. A sniff here and a nudge there, the blue studied the boys standing. His motions were precise as he moved among the candidates, his manner was subdued as he moved to sit before one of the boys with his head cocked to the side. But this was not his choice and he moved off to find his partner in a youth standing not far from the boy he'd sat in front of. Impression was made and the pair was ushered away.

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