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Ameris · 10.Mar.15, 09:16 PM

Ameris sighed as she kicked a foot with boredom. She'd been stuck in the hatching ground since the moment Mizeath's new clutch had hit the sands and the solitary confinement was wearing thin on her. Rislan played with Mud near the gold where Mizeath lay napping and Ameris sighed again when she chanced a look. Ameris wish she could nap, a nap would be divine, but the day was far to young for something like that and the normally active woman couldn't bring herself to take a moment to close her eyes.

It is quite simple you know. Napping, came the languid voice of her dragon, One simply closes their eyes and allows the mind to do the rest.

The woman laughed at the sarcastic comment hidden within the prim and proper words. Mizeath had matured quite nicely and Ameris found the gold's personality to fit with her own easily. Even now there were times, though, that Ameris still felt Mizeath had made the wrong decision when choosing her but always the gold admonished her for the thoughts, driving them away with her limitless love. Ameris hummed with the force of Mizeath's love as the dragon slid it along their bond.

The woman started hard and her body jerked when her hum was joined by that of Mizeath and Korutath, both dragon's looking to her with such human looking pride. Mizeath announced the beginning of her clutches new life. Mud buzzed with his hums as he sat atop Rislan's head. The child giggled with the vibrations as he climbed onto the arm of Mizeath. Ameris moved to take him away and leave him with a creche worker but Mizeath stayed her hand, stating the boy had every right to watch her children hatch. Eyes danced with merriment as Ameris moved to settle herself beside her son, snuggling the boy into her side.

She wondered how long this hatching would take as she waited for the candidates to begin filing in, where they would stand around the neatly arranged eggs. Some hatchings were quick and without trouble and some were long and drawn out, ending in blood and ichor. She shuddered when she remembered the savagery of different hatchings. Even Mizeath's first had not been without blood flowing. Shhh now, do not dwell on it, the gold demanded between hums, They shall begin soon.

Raigan · 12.Mar.15, 01:47 PM

He sat... And sat. He had arrived an hour before and been ushered to the stands where he sat waiting for these blasted eggs to hatch. Perhaps finding himself a ride to this strange southern Weyr had been a mistake. He found himself to be infinitely bored and quite out of place. Though the thought made him grimace, he couldn't help but think he should have allowed his wife to accompany him to watch this hatching. His first hatching and among strangers. Sure he knew, in passing, some of those from the north that had found themselves here as well but none he could or wanted to call friend.

The minutes ticked by as Raigan looked about. The grounds had filled with riders and dragons, candidates waited patiently and impatiently and the hums of the various flying creatures filled his ears. The fire lizards were interesting and he vowed to get him one or two and he found he was still slightly in awe of the massiveness of the Dragons that surrounded them. Not at all like the runner beasts he raised and trained, something entirely different.

The humming intensified, rattling his bones and Raigan shifted uncomfortably as he looked to the eggs. Finally they seemed to want to make an appearance. The Ambitious egg shook and rattled as a crack began to appear in the Forceful egg. A pop had Raigan on the edge of his seat as a foot suddenly appeared from the side of the Stable egg and was withdrawn so quickly the color could not be identified.

The gold rumbled low as a tiny green body was suddenly sitting where the Ambitious egg had stood. She creeled as she stood shaking egg goo and she'll bits from her tail, stomping around as kicked a foot towards another egg, barely missing the plain side. The Obsessive egg shuddered as the dragonet inside fought to rid itself of the shell that incased it and the Tantalizing egg began to split across the top. Raigan was sure this would be the next to hatch but it was another, Awkward, that's shell blew outward as its occupant tumbled free with its force.

Tantalizing's occupant hissed as she popped the top of her shell much like the cork on a bottle and blinked at the sudden light. A wiggle of shoulders and the small green was free of her egg and running towards her sisters. Brakes did not work well as she bowled into the other two greens sending them tumbling into a group of boys. Eyes flashed rainbow and dragonets were led away among cheers from riders.

The Stable egg finally revealed a blue that made no bones about who he had chosen and the two were ushered away as the Forceful stomped his shell into tiny bits, Ichor from cuts to his paws coloring the sand around him. He kicked and shook, flinging shards and goo every which way as he growled and grumbled, sniffing boys here and there determined to find his perfect match.

Tantalizing sized up those boys present as the Obsessive made itself known with a tiny roar that promised bigger things to come. A screech rang out as a brown paw lashed out, catching the Forceful hatchling on the thigh. Shouts rang out and dragonets were separated to be moved away, more impressions made. Tantalizing took her time sniffing this boy and that. Rubbing along a thigh here and shoving a boy there. After what seemed hours the tiny green made her choice and her bright eyed boy led her to the waiting meat buckets.

R'nd · 13.Mar.15, 03:59 AM

Much to Ayyonth’s annoyance, R’nd decided to sleep in that day. He didn’t have any duties to fulfil that morning and B’jin had kept him up late the night before – though he certainly didn’t mind! It was Amorandii’s birthday but celebrations weren’t planned for later that day so extra sleep seemed like a fantastic idea given how much energy it took to keep up with the little princess and her friends, especially when they were on a sugar rush.

It is also your birthday today. Ayyonth pointed out mildly when R’nd stirred and remembered the day and what was planned.

And your point would be?

My point is that it is a nice day out and you should spend it outdoors and maybe with people you love. You know, like that perky greenrider that bounded out of the room hours ago in a great mood? Ayyonth knew R’nd didn’t like people knowing his birthday and had made up some weird reason that kept him happy with the secrecy. It did make sense when viewed with R’nd Logic but Ayyonth didn’t see the harm in people knowing or letting them bestow gifts and well wishes on him if they wanted to.

They don’t need to know. It would only stress them out with trying to find something to give me and some of the ladies would be jealous or upset and it’s just not worth it. R’nd groaned at memories of the past where a few past lovers got him gifts at Turnover as a substitute for not knowing his birthday. It was incredibly kind of them but it had turned into a lot of bickering amongst the girls and he ended up being bombarded with questions about things that he liked.

Ayyonth fell silent, ignoring the chance to poke fun at his rider again, which was odd enough for R’nd to finally sit up in bed and glance in the direction of where his dragon was sprawled in the sun. Before he could ask what was wrong, R’nd heard the humming from other dragons in the area that Ayyonth soon joined. Would a Hatching be enough to get you out of bed?

R’nd laughed and finally got out of bed to prepare for a day he hadn’t been expecting.

By the time he had freshened up, ate, and got the Hatching Ground, the eggs were still rocking but a few started to show cracks. He settled in, waving to friends and greeting those near him as Rell settled on his shoulder to watch the show with him. While only a few people knew it was his birthday, R’nd couldn’t help but be pleased that a Hatching was happening on it. He loved watching the event and seeing the dragonets meet the world for the first time and Impress to their life mates. There was something so pure about it all, even with the occasional bloodshed and injuries.

When the show finally began and a green appeared first, R’nd shook his head at the reaction to some around him. Greens Impressing first was a sign of a bad Hatching to some but R’nd didn’t care what the colours were. He was just happy to see Impressions being made and happy pairs walking off together.

**DeeStar** · 13.Mar.15, 07:06 PM

Kellian

"Kel! Kel! Come on, the eggs are hatching! Get dressed girl!"

The voice had come so suddenly that it had startled Kellian into a stunned silence until her friend grabbed her and all but dressed her in her robes herself. The contact left her jumping slightly but she laughed it off and finished changing into the traditional white robes and hurried after her friend and the other candidates as they made their way over to the new hatching sands. Once she arrived, she slowed herself and made sure she looked presentable. She may have only been a candidate, but that was no reason for her to look completely disheveled. She wasn't quite sure why she cared, but she knew her father was there watching and she did not want to reflect poorly on him, or L'ton either.

It had nearly been a turn since the discovery that her friend L'ton was her brother, bit of an awkward heartbreak but she had finally gotten over that. It was an odd place for her to be, to go from an unwanted then parent-less, only child, to someone's daughter and sister. K'ton had been very nice to her, and she would consider herself friendly with him, more so than she initially had been at least. L'ton was still her friend, though it was still odd to see him as a brother and not just a friend. Having a family that cared and wanted her around was not something she was accustomed to, but she wanted to make them proud of her regardless. So she finished walked across the sands as a proper gold candidate should, though it was very hard for her to contain her excitement, as always.

She stood waiting with the older girls, all waiting anxiously for the gold egg before them to crack open and then baby inside to greet the world and choose one of them as her bonded. Kellian was excited and nervous all at the same time, hopeful as always that she would be chosen. She knew of course it was not the last time she would be up for an Impression, she knew that this may not be the dragon for her and that there would always be another golden egg to stand for. However, she always walked onto the stands, hoping, really hoping, that that day, would be her day.

Her excitement grew as she heard excited voices from across the sands where some of the other eggs had started to hatch. She saw two greens hatch, and then a third that ran off and collided with her sisters before a couple of them Impressed. She didn't know which dragon Impressed which boy, but it didn't really matter. The next dragon she saw was a blue that seemed to be having a grand time stomping around in circles, crushing what was left of his shell. She let out a soft "Ooo.", as a nice brown hatched, though she flinched when he made a swipe for the last blue that hatched. She couldn't help but smile at the antics of the hatchlings, and bounced a bit on the balls of her feet, waiting for others to hatch, especially the gold.

Vaeyla · 14.Mar.15, 12:44 AM

"No."
"Yes."
"I don't want to."
"Yes. You do."
"No...I really don't"
"Ameris will be upset." A bundled up white robe was shoved at her once again. She took it with glaring eyes and said, "That is cheating."

He had grinned at her then, that cocky grin she hated, yet at the same time loved and missed. He had won, and he knew he had won. It wasn't fair. "Is it working?", K'ton asked, a teasing tone to his voice.

Her answer was more glaring and smacking him as hard as she could with the robe he had given back to her, then storming off to change, refusing to answer him. She was followed by his laughter and the chirping and whistling of both firelizards, who apparently thought their humans were terribly entertaining.

A while later she was there on the sands, shooting one last glare at K'ton as he grinned at her, both Serene and Digger perched on his shoulders. She rolled her eyes and sighed, taking her place among the other girls waiting for the gold egg before them to hatch. Once again she was there, half heartedly mind you, but there just the same, waiting to see if this would be her time to Impress. At this point she would be happy to Impress the sharding shell the dragon fell out of, but she wasn't telling anyone else that.

After the first couple of greens hatched, she couldn't help but get caught up in the excitement that everyone felt at a hatching. She laughed at the antics of the greens, flinching only slightly when one of them ran head first into the others. None of them seemed injured however, and it had caused a couple of them to find their bondeds all that much sooner. She saw the first blue that hatched head right off to find it's bonded, while the next blue caused her to giggle. It stomped around in circles, apparently destroying the egg which had held it captive for so long. She supposed she would want to do the same, had she been a baby dragon.

The brown that came next was a handsome little fella, but not nearly as handsome as Ironth or even Kaliqueth in her opinion, though her favor always fell to Ironth. She was sure he would turn out to be a good brown, though apparently he was a bit feisty, as he took a swipe at his brother when he went by before going off to find his own bonded. She gave a soft sigh as her dark eyed gaze when from those hatchlings to the golden egg before her, wondering, waiting, and daring to hope just a little.

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.

T'drin · 17.Mar.15, 12:37 AM

T'drin leaned against the stands as he watched the procession of eggs hatch and the dragonets impress their chosen. After the last egg had hatched a lull seemed to descend on the grounds as those present waited for the remaining eggs to burst with the dragonets still waiting. Eggs shifted and shuddered but nothing seemed to progress as the bronzerider yawned with boredom. Generally, T'drin enjoyed a good hatching but as of late he and Gelabrith had taken to discussing the issues he faced lately far into the night. You will need to make a decision soon you know, the bronze said from his vantage point. T'drin shook his head, ignoring the comment, refusing to give the bronze an answer. He had no intention of rushing this decision. Rushing never seemed to work in his favor, so he would try slow instead.

More babies come

T'rdin straightened to get a better look. Nearly an hour had past since the last batch had hatched and the rider wondered what was in store for them with this bunch. The Impulsive egg shook violently, sending itself tumbling away and minute cracks began to appear along the shell of Defiant egg, but it was the Lively egg that spewed forth it's cargo first. The Lively dragonet shook himself much like a canine and began to dance around searching for his boy. Vengeful's hairline cracks began to make a circuit around the dark brown shell promising another dragonet, but it was another egg that beat it to the punch. Proud brought forth another brown just in time for Lively to make his choice, dancing away with his boy.

Inflexible split down the middle and a blue dragonet sat, rather comically, between the two shell halves. The young blue shot to his feet and made a beeline towards the waiting group of boys as Defiant broke through, revealing another blue. Vengeful and Sensible broke shell at nearly the same time, a small green falling from the Vengeful egg, followed closely by another blue from the Sensible egg. Vengeful shrieked angrily and began to dart around the sands, tripping and falling against Detached egg.

Sensible and Proud made no grand show in finding their chosen. Proud pairing off with a likely boy with his own proud look and Sensible found himself being lead away by a young man who chattered at the young blue. The abuse the Detached egg took began to show itself, a large crack growing on the side of the golden shell. Studious produced another green who sat very still and very quietly amongst the shattered remains of her shell. The small Studious

Defiant bounced and hopped about the sands, tumbling into his green sister Vengeful as she continued her mad dash about the sands. She hissed angrily at her brother before pouncing on the blue. The pair tumbled hissing and shrieking into Inflexible whom swatted at the fighting pair. Boys ran to separate the silly wherries and eyes all around flashed madly with the colors of impression as first Defiant and then Inflexible found their mates. The boys were quickly followed by Vengeful as a sobbing young boy lead the limping dragonet to the healers.

The small Studious shook bits of shell from her body as she made a dash towards a waiting boy. The green leapt into the arms of her bonded and away the pair went amidst chuckles from the spectators. T'drin shook his head at the antics of the dragonets. It brought back memories of his impression to Gelabrith and the bronzes own mauling of the girl, Flora. I still insist she should not have been in my way, the bronze grumbled as the memory flooded his brain. T'drin laughed out right as he sat back to watch the ever growing crack on the side of the Detached egg.

He did not have to wait long for the crack widened and grew, breaking the golden shell into pieces. A rather plain looking gold tumbled to the sands and was quickly followed by the Impulsive dragonet. The Detached sat where she hatched, whirling eyes surveying the crowd of girls that stood around her, the air about her cool as she judged and weighed those present. Finally the young dragonet stood and with purposeful stride made her way to the group. She ignored the hopefuls that thought to stay her course, foolish as it were. Detached awkward gait tripped her up and she stumbled just as she reached her bonded.

Impulsive stretched and squeaked and squeaked again at the sound that came out of her. What an interesting sound! The little green squeaked again and then again as she danced and hopped with glee at the delightful sound she made as she went to the group of boys. Laughter rang out and the Impulsive dragonet skipped from one boy to another, sniffing and snuffling at robes. Finally eyes declared the youngster impressed and Impulsive was lead away, still squeaking at a laughing boy.

**DeeStar** · 17.Mar.15, 03:24 AM

Kellian

Kellian was having a grand time watching all of the eggs crack and shatter, spilling forth hatchling after hatchling. The ensuing antics of said hatchlings was just as amusing for her, though she kept a keen eye on the egg before her, the gold hardly appeared ready to introduce herself. She had yet to see the golden egg so much a wiggle on the hot sand.

She turned her gaze away from the gold egg in time to see one egg shudder and topple over. She winced slightly, then giggles as most everyone did as the poor hatchling sat there with it's remaining shell stuck on it's head. She wasn't quite sure from where she was what color it was but she did kind of feel badly for it. She wouldn't want to be sitting on hot sand with a shell on her head, it was bad enough that they had to stand on the hot sands for hours waiting for dragons to hatch. Why couldn't they hatch in the shade somewhere, with a breeze? A very nice brown hatched, while the other dragon was trying to get his shell off, and started for the boys standing there. A bronze was what was hidden under the shell, he had finally got out from under his shell and took off for the boys as well.

A couple more greens hatched and Kellian gave a soft, "Ooo", as even for greens they were rather pretty, though the first couple seemed to take their sweet time Impressing. Kellian gave a shrug at that, to no one and nothing in particular. So long as they didn't go Between she supposed it didn't matter how long the hatchlings took, or did it? She was sure she didn't know, what she did know was she was glad she wasn't a boy. She visibly flinched as she caught sight of a green who had run after a blue on unsteady legs. The aftermath wasn't pretty as the green collided with a group of boys too silly to get out of her way.

Kellian had taken her eyes off of the hatchlings and for a while looked at the gold egg again. She was still unmoving, and still seemed content to rest within her shell, stubbornly making them all wait. It amused her to some point, but she would really rather see the beauty within, see which one of them she chose. Instead however, her attention was drawn again to the other eggs that were hatching. The Impressions seem to halt with the last two, a bronze and blue, finally stopped running around and made their bonds and were walked off the sands to eat.

An hour later the small girl yawned and shifted her warm feet. It seemed to be forever since the last eggs hatched, and there they all were....still waiting for something...anything to happen. Finally an egg started to rock and wobble and before she knew it there were two browns hatched and made their bonds, followed by the hatching of a couple of nice blues and a green that went careening around the sands, and straight into the gold egg. She didn't know why, but she gasped out loud and clapped a hand over her mouth, apparently thinking the dragon within was too fragile for such an impact. The egg seemed to be fine however and after a moment she took her eyes off the gleaming shell to see a blue and brown Impress. One of the other girls gasped and she snapped her head back to see the gold shell start to crack. Kellian forgot all about the other hatchlings as she waiting for the egg to finally split and reveal the queen inside.

It wasn't long after the gold egg started to crack, that the shell cracked more, than shattered. A very plain and simple looking gold tumbled out onto the sand. Her eyes didn't leave the gold as she sat there with an air of importance, looking at them all, her eyes whirling. She finally moved forward, ignoring the few girls that tried to get in her way, to try and Impress. That make her smirk a little, even though she wasn't walking towards her. She gave a little gasp as she watched the hatchling tumble apparently right into the waiting arms of her bonded. She cheered her congratulations as they moved to leave the sands so the girl could feed her new bonded.

Vaeyla · 17.Mar.15, 08:56 PM

Vee stood watching as dragon after dragon hatched, blues, greens, and browns, as well as a couple bronzes. Overall there was a nice mixture of color on the sands, and the antics of the hatchlings were enough to keep her entertained for hours. Every so often she would glance back at the still golden egg and wonder about the dragon inside. Then she decided wondering about a dragon she wasn't going to Impress was useless and in the same breath chastised herself for being so melancholy. She gave a little sigh as she looked at the still gold egg again, willing her to hatch but knew that like most golds, she would hatch when she was damn good and ready to do so.

She shifted her feet and crossed her arm over her middle as she turned her head to watch some of the boys Impress their dragons. There were so many of them that she began to wonder how long the hatching would take, though for her it would be over as soon as the gold chose one of them. Which was usually okay with her, the sands were hot and standing there for so long could sometimes be unbearable. Lost in her thoughts as she was, she missed the initial hatching of a bronze, but heard the laughter from all around and turned to look and had to laugh just a little as the poor thing had half his shell stuck on his head. She took her eyes from his to see a very nice brown hatch and go off to find his bonded. There was another round of laughter as the bronze hopped up and down to try and free himself of the annoying shell on his head. He finally managed it and went off to find his bonded just before a pair of greens hatched, followed by two more greens, one of which took a bit of a tumble when she hatched. Vee always felt bad when they fell or tripped over themselves. They were so wobbly! Luckily most of the time it was bruised pride and minor damages, but she still felt bad.

She watched as several greens hatched and made themselves known, followed by two more blues. Apparently one of them had upset one of the greens as she went screeching after one of the blues, resulting in her losing control of her legs and collided with a group of boys, apparently taking several of them down. She winced slightly at that. Apparently the healers would be kept busy today, tending cuts and scrapes on both human and dragon bodies. She had to admit, that at least the antics of the blues and greens were such that it made the long wait for the gold egg easier to bear. Things settled down after the last couple hatchlings bonded and were led off the sands, and then they waited for more eggs to hatch.

It was nearly an hour or so later that something finally started happening again. All the boys that were left came to attention quickly as an egg started to shake about rather violently. The egg fell over and rolled across the sands, the next thing she knew there was a brown up and moving. She saw another brown and a pair of blues, then there was suddenly a screening green who apparently was upset about something. She had gone running, as much as hatchling can, then tripped and fell into the gold egg. She gave an audible gasp and actually took a step, then stopped, waiting to see if the gold egg would crack. She wouldn't risk trying to help the green, she just hoped it wasn't hurt. She missed the rest of the hatchings across the sands, as her eyes were on the crack that suddenly went up the side of the gold egg. All the girls were on alert, all waiting with breath held and eyes shining.

The crack in the pale shell continued to grow and even Vee found herself holding her breath. When the shell finally broke a pale gold dragon greeted them by tumbling out onto the sand. The gold sat there where she landed, her eyes whirling madly as she looked at all the girls standing there. Vee had long ago uncrossed her arms and was now lightly tapping her fingers on her legs as the gold hatchlings apparently took her sweet time considering them all. It was unnerving the way she looked at them, though it was slightly amusing as well. She was in no rush to choose someone like some of her siblings had been. She shifted her feet as she waited, and soon enough the pale little gold moved toward them all. She frowned slightly, annoyed that some of the girls thought to get in her way, to crowd her, hoping to make an Impression. Didn't they know she likely already knew which one of them she wanted? She never did understand it, rushing the hatchlings, trying to force an Impression.

She was so used to being passed over at this point, that when the gold sidestepped the other girls and came in her general direction she glanced at the girls that were near her, who instantly crowded around her. She huffed and rolled her eyes at them, turning her gaze back to the gold. She was awfully close to them, nearly upon her and the other girls by her. She actually felt her heart jump as the hope welled up inside her just a bit. Then the gold tripped. Tripped on those ridiculously unstable legs, and gave a sharp cry as she hit the sand, right at her feet. The girls beside her gasped then both darted forward, but before she even realized what she was doing and without even thinking about it, Vee had dropped to her knees in the hot sand and scooped up the pale queen, using part of her robe to wipe away the sand stuck to her nose. The gold tilted her head slightly and Vee let out an audible gasp as she realized what was happening. Dark eyes met with whirling rainbow colored eyes and she felt full of warmth and adoration flood her heart as hot tears sprung to her eyes. Somewhere behind her or off to the side of her, she wasn't quite sure, she she thought she heard a rather loud whooping yell, but then again there was always a lot of ruckus when dragons Impressed.

"Me?", she asked rather stupidly as she finished wiping the sand from the hatchlings face, marveling in the fact that there was a baby gold dragon resting her head on her leg. Of course you. Why wouldn't I chose you? Why not indeed. Her lip trembled ever so slightly as a couple tears dripped down her cheeks. She had mostly given up ever Impressing, and for a moment she wasn't sure that she wasn't just standing there daydreaming that this had happened. That she had zoned out and someone else was actually walking off with Nadioth, rather than her sitting at her feet. Nadioth...she knew her name! Amusement coiled with a severe hunger that was rapidly growing. Why would you think I would choose any of those airheaded women over you? And of course you know my name, as I know yours Vaeyla.

Nadioth stood and purposefully, but gently, knocked the underside of Vee's chin with her nose, causing the dark haired woman to give an, "Oof.", before rubbing her chin. "What was that for?", she said, narrowing her eyes slightly. Because you are being ridiculous and I am hungry...and dirty.., the last bit add as she turned to walk away, picking her way through the sands as delicately as possible, wiggling the sand free from her feet with every step, leaving Vee standing now, but no less shocked. She shook her head and let herself smile and believe what she was seeing and feeling.

Are you coming? Her heart was racing even before she ran to catch up with her dragon, to lead her off the sands, a hand gently touching her shoulder to keep her steady. Her dragon! "Yes yes, I am coming Nadioth.", she said as she wiped her eyes quickly before searching the stands for K'ton, who she found beaming with something that looked like pride, before finally leaving. She was never going to hear the end of it.

Ameris · 25.Mar.15, 12:36 PM

She watched, preoccupied, as one after another the hatchlings made choices and were lead off the sands. She clapped when needed and made noises at the antics but it was the gold egg that had her attention as it begun to crack. The occupant spilling forth and to begin marching her way to the girls waiting her presence. Who would join the ranks as Katila's newest goldrider? She studied the pale gold hatchling as she stomped along in search. And chuckled quietly when the smart gold took a header just in front of the girls. Rislan giggled loudly at the clumsy queen and Ameris glanced at her son with a smile as a crow was let loose and she snapped her head back to the hatching.

The crow had come from K'ton, Ameris easily recognizing her friends voice and the woman saw why. The pale gold had chosen Vaelya to be hers and Ameris cheered and clapped loudly for her friend. She always knew that the perfect hatchling was waiting for Vaelya though the other woman had despaired of ever impressing. She will make a fine rider, Vaelya will, her own dragon said to her and Ameris quietly agreed. Vaelya had all the makings of a fine rider.

As she watched the newest pair make their way from the sands a new ruckus sounded as another hatchling made themselves known. The Dreamer egg had used the distraction of the gold hatchling to her advantage, breaking shell and impressing with few the wiser. Ameris giggled herself as she watched the green pair stumble as the hatchling's tail wiggle out to wrap around her bonded' ankle, sending the small boy tumbling. Silly greens.

Two more greens showed themselves as the Balanced and the Reflective eggs hatched nearly at the same time and galloped off to find their boys. Reflective impressing scant moments before her sister and the pairs moved off, boys animated as they chatted to each other over buckets of meat. Dynamic glared from beneath the helmet of his shell, snorting angrily at the chuckles at his expense. With a violent toss of his head, the blue streaked to the boys and with a hop knocked his boy to the ground.

The pair wrestled with each other as they fought to their feet and finally the Dynamic hatchling and his bonded made their way to the buckets.. Thankfully the young man and his dragon had come out of the collision unscathed which was not the case for the Effecient hatchling as she took her bonded and another down admits cries as hard talons tore into thighs. Ameris sighed at the ineptness of the hatchling's abilities and Mizeath nudged her with a short a high. The pair would always disagree on hatchings it would seem.

Pessimistic, Nervous, and Adaptable revealed their hatchling's in short order, Pessimistic impressing with a rather smug look on her face before her brother and sister. Ameris rolled her eyes at the nearly human look on that green's face as she watched Adaptable nudge his sister with encouragement where Nervous cowered at the sight of the crowd. Finally the blue managed to get his sister to her feet and pointed towards the boys. With a shove, Adaptable sent her tumbling into the boys where eyes flashed with impression, before he himself sought his own boy and making his way off the sands.

The finally egg to hatch, Fearless, revealed another bronze who quickly made his way to the group of sturdy young lads waiting with care as he stopped and nudged and sniffed his way around the crowd. The hatchling's eyes whirled an angry red as he shrieked in rage, striking out at a tall boy and narrowly missing the back of legs. The enraged dragonet shrieked again before disappearing between and Mizeath sent up a small keen for the lost bronze.

Ameris sighed heavily at the loss of a bronze dragonets. Fresh dragonets were always welcome and bronzes more so. But what could they do? She thought as she dropped from Mizeath's arm to swing Rislan to her shoulders with a oomph. The boy was getting far to big for that but she kept him where he was as Mud buzzed around them. Leaving L'varl and Korutath to dispose of the unmatched eggs, Ameris made her way to congratulate those newly impressed, with a quick stop to squeal over Vaelya's young gold of course.

*I'll fix the color codes when I get home haha

R'nd · 26.Mar.15, 03:57 AM

Overall, the Hatching went rather well and R’nd found himself smiling for the vast majority of it. Of course there were a few tense moments when the dragonets clashed or got a bit too rowdy near a Candidate but he was pleased with how smooth it all went and couldn’t wait to go congratulate everyone afterwards since most were new friends he had recently made.

Unfortunately the Hatching ended on a bit of a low note when the bronze dragonet couldn’t find the boy meant for him and vanished between. R’nd bowed his head in a moment of silence for the poor creature and Ayyonth lent his voice to Mizeath in a keel of mourning. It was always hard to watch it happen and R’nd didn’t think it’d ever get any easier but at least a young boy hadn’t bonded and gone with the dragonet or had to suffer through dealing with the loss of his bonded. Now that the North was open to them once more, some of the dragonless riders that managed to survive were sharing stories and it broke R’nd’s heart over and over.

This is a day of celebrating, not for mourning and getting lost in your thoughts. Ayyonth nudged gently after the brief moment of mourning past and R’nd nodded, brightening up once more as he watched the newly Impressed feed and clean up their lifemates. You’re right, and I have people to congratulate! R’nd parted from the crowd still milling about and headed over to add his voice to the cheers and praise being passed around before coming up to the two goldriders, quickly jumping in when an opening presented itself with Rell chittering excitedly around his head.

“Congratulations, Vaeyla!” R’nd gave her a quick hug, not wanting to upset the little gold with too much contact, and smiled at the new pair, “I never doubted for a moment that this day would come for you. I will likely help out in some of your classes but hopefully we can chat some more before that. I don’t want to take up too much of your time right now.” He stole another hug with a laugh and then turned to Ameris, smile somehow even brighter.

“And you, my lady,” R’nd paused long enough to realize Ameris was carrying her son and changed tactics before he ended up twirling the pair of them around in his happy embrace. Instead, he slid an arm around her waist and kissed her cheek, voice lowering as he explained, “congratulations on an excellent Hatching and thank you for such a wonderful gift on this day.”

R’nd detangled himself from Ameris and bowed to the goldriders, “now, if you’ll excuse me, ladies, I’ll leave you to your celebrations.” As he walked away, still beaming, Ayyonth reached out to Mizeath to cautiously explain his rider’s odd antics without exactly spilling the beans either. Today is a special day to R’nd and not even B’jin knows about it. He gave your rider quite a gift as well with that little tidbit he let slip out in his excitement.

Vaeyla · 31.Mar.15, 04:08 AM

Vee still had shimmering tears in her eyes as she led Nadioth off to join the others who had Impressed and who were now feeding their hatchlings. Hunger coiled painfully in her belly as Nadioth rushed forward toward the provided meat, snapping at one of her sisters, tail lashing out behind her. Vee rushed forward, nearly tripping on said golden tail, apologizing to the boy whose green Nadioth had snapped at.

"Nadioth!", she hissed, terribly embarrassed by her behavior. "That was not nice!", she chastised the gold who snorted and snapped her teeth down on a chunk of meat before Vee could pull her away and to the side, container of meat in hand. She was in my way, and I am hungry., Nadioth snapped rather loudly, causing Vee to flush as she tried to simultaneously feed and soothe the gold. She repeatedly apologized to those around her, ducking her head slightly as she finished feeding Nadioth. Do not trouble yourself with what they think., came an irritated voice in her mind, sharp and growly. "You have to be polite Nadioth. Okay?.", she said quietly as she cleaned Nadioth's muzzle and face. If you say so. The gold snorted at her and turned her head moments before she let out a painful keening cry.

Vee stood from where she was, hand still on Nadioth's head as she heard all the cries of the gathered dragons. She nelt back down and gathered Nadioth to her and hugged her tightly, trying to calm her as the gold cried for her lost sibling. Vee had hoped to never hear such keening again, it was heartbreaking though she knew it did occasionally happen.

Soon enough the last of the hatchlings were fed and people who making their way over, giving congratulations. When Ameris came up to her to congratulate her she gave her a hug and came away with shining eyes again. Just as soon as she had finished hugging Ameris she was swept up into another hug that she hadn't expected. She gave a squeak then laughed and returned the hug when she realized who it was. Who is she? Who is he? Why are they touching you?, demanded sharply almost all at once as she eyed R'nd and Ameris with whirling eyes. "It's okay Nadioth, this is Ameris of Gold Mizeath and this is R'nd of Blue Ayyonth.", she explained to her as well as introduced them to her. Friends?, Nadioth inquired quietly. She knew Mizeath was her mother, but that didn't mean she was going to like her rider, and she was not yet acquainted with well..anyone. Vee grinned at her and answered, "Yes, they are friends." Nadioth considered them for long moments before deciding they were alright and relaxed a little and settled beside Vee while they spoke.

She beamed at R'nd tho flushed a bit at his words. "Well that makes one of us.", she answered quietly with a faint smile but brightened a bit at his suggest. "Oh, sure. I would like that.", she answered with a nod while Nadioth watched him quietly from where she was curled around Vee's legs. She gave another laugh and returned the second hug before he spoke to Ameris. He seems...friendly Vee gave a laugh and scratched her head lightly as R'nd and Ameris spoke. She lifted her brow slightly at the mention of a gift but figured if he wanted them to know what he meant he would have said. She gave a small smile and did the proper thing, giving a quick curtsy before he turned to leave.

She turned back to Ameris and Rislan and instantly wished she had Evritt in her arms. She would see him soon enough and be able to introduce him to Nadioth. For now she gave her friend a sheepish grin and said, "Pinch me?"

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