"Yay, hatching day. Anotherrr clutch of eggsss, morrre
baby drraklingsss. Hatching, hatching, yaaaaayy!" Chakiai sang as she and her
bond followed Lian to the Deep Cavern, as the two mothers inside had let the
rest of the Castle know that their children had hatched and were ready to Pair.
Lian, in an unusually cheerful mood today, smiled at the forest drak's antics.
Meraidt and Yumiel looked up as the three draks and the human entered the
Deep Caverns. The aspirants had already gathered inside and some were playing
with the draklings. They were a diverse bunch, of all ages and professions and
from all over Planet Icarus. As Lian settled down with his drak companions, the
draklings started to announce their decisions. There were six of them, three
from each mother, and an equal number of males and females. Clustered near
Meraidt were a pair of deserts, staring interested at everything around them
when they weren't play-fighting with each other. Yumiel sat with a pudgy rain
drakling between her front paws. The other three draklings were mingled with the
aspirants and talking with them and each other. A greenish brown drakling
leapt into Hugou's arms with a purring sound. "I'm Haosel, Hugou,
and I'm coming with you!" Meanwhile, a clumsy male plant drakling was
following one of the male aspirants. Dru looked down
to see what he kept stumbling over, and grinned when he saw the drakling. "Do
you want to come with me, Naelos?" he
asked. "Yep. Why do you think I've been following you arrrround?" Naelos
replied. Now the two deserts from Meraidt's clutch rushed towards the
aspirants as though concerned they weren't going to be able to Pair with their
choices. Yudtan stopped in front of Nahl, and
announced his intention to Pair to the entire cavernful of people. The other
desert, Naldtan, slunk quietly over to Philip.
"Let'sss get out of herrre, Philip," he said, somewhat grumpily. "I'm hungrrry."
"Whatever you say, Naldtan," Philip replied, a smile tugging at his lips.
The rain jumped away from her mother, padding toward the remaining
aspirants, and she was soon joined by the last drakling, a female ore. The
mottled grey drakling stopped in front of Lisora,
flapping her four wings excitedly. "My name'sss Deosel, Lisora,
and I'm going to Pairrr with you!" Kims looked
down at the last drakling, who gazed back up at her silently. "Well, do you want
to come with me?" she asked. The ore nodded. "I wass waiting forrr the
otherss to Pair, but don't worry. I wass going to choossse you anyway. My
name'ss Helandt." Kims smiled and nodded, and the last Pair walked out
of the Deep Caverns to join their fellow knights. Meanwhile, Chakiai was
trying to glance at Lian's books, where he was busy recording the events of the
hatching. "What takesss you sso long to jussst wrrite down a bunch of namess,
anyway?" she asked. "Hey! Get away," Lian yelled, leaning over it
protectively. "He alwaysss embellishesss it a little," Lian's drak,
Kortrvan, explained. "But he'ss a good writer, ssso I think that'ss why Head
Arrrchivist Kurin alwayss hasss him rrrrecord the hatchingsss." "Alright,
alright, can we leave already?" Lian asked, cranky and a little
embarrassed.
Draklings
Meraidt's Clutch
Kims
and Female Ore Helandt (Trainers: Kaydda and Plant Athtlna)
Nahl and
Desert Yudtan (Trainers: Senhon and Day Damiya)
Philip
and Desert Naldtan (Trainers: Daryl and Fire Blaukios)
Yumiel's
Clutch
Lisora
and Rain Deosel (Trainers: Cletur and Water Istiaen)
Hugou
and Forest Haosel (Trainers: Colby and Forest Panduri)
Dru and
Plant Naelos (Trainers: Mermastien and Night Roekran)
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