| It was a stormy day outside
when Issnidi's clutch began to hatch, so everyone was quite happy to stay inside
and prepare stuff for the soon-to-be new knights and their draklings. Lian stood
sprawled against Kortrvan's side as he glanced over the assembled aspirants in
boredom while waiting for Issnidi to allow them to meet her children. The
escaped prisoner Kemmi was still here, now on his second hatching and pairing
attempt, looking a little nervous. There was also a pair of farmbred siblings;
The High Prince seemed to have taken an interest in them, though Lian couldn't
see what was special about Kelh or Anya. The other two aspirants were both
women, one visiting from another castle on Icarus, the other arriving from
another world just in time to try to pair at this clutch. That made a total of
five candidates, and unless Issnidi had a surprise in store for them, it looked
like everyone had a good chance of going away paired this time, aspirant and
drak both. Issnidi poked her head out the entrance of the Deep Cavern then,
nodding to the gathered aspirants. "Come in." She said. The aspirants followed
her in, spreading out in a line, while Lian sat down in a corner, ready to jot
down the names of the draklings and their newly Paired. The five draklings,
meanwhile, were huddled in the middle of the Cavern, and they all let out
high-pitched squeals when a huge crack of thunder shook the air around them.
Agitated by her children's fear, Issnidi went to comfort the draklings,
assuring them that the storm was only loud, and couldn't really harm them. Thus
reassured, the draklings broke apart, and the aspirants were finally able to get
a good look at them. There was a bright red-gold fire, puffing up his chest
and trying to appear brave for his two sisters, a wind and a forest. Another
rumble of thunder sounded, however, and he jumped, startled, earning snorts of
nervous amusement from the two other draklings. One was a snickering plant
drakling with mottled, pale green coloring, while the other was a somewhat more
sedate earth-colored male. Goaded on by the continuing peals of thunder from
outside, the newborn draklings all moved towards the aspirants in one big group,
not breaking apart until they had chosen their bond. The forest female broke
away first, greeting Lana
with a delicate shudder. "I jussst hope
thiss ssstorm endss sssoon, Lana. My name'ss Arbosdi, by the
way." "I know it will pass soon, Arbosdi." The woman reassured her new drak
with a pat on the head. The fire drakling and his wind sister broke away
from their other two siblings, moving together to another brother and sister
pair. "Hiya! My name'ss Anyudios, and
my ssisster here is Hekaosdi." The
male said to Kelh. Hekaosdi didn't speak, instead greeting
Anya with a shy but toothy smile. The final two
draklings glanced at each other apprehensively before going their seperate
ways-the plant to Kemmi, and the earth to Aaryn. "I'm
Ohdios. I'll stick with you, and everyone else had better
watch out." The male plant told Kemmi with a grin. The earth, meanwhile, was
talking with Aaryn. "I don't mind that you're a girl, Aaryn. I hope you don't
mind that I'm a boy. My name is Myrundios."
"'Course not, Myrundios." Aaryn replied to her earth drak, as the last of
the draklings Paired. There was another peal of thunder that rippled through
the Cavern, and Lian muttered, "Wonderful. If only the storm was over as
fast."
Draklings
Kemmi
and Plant Ohdios (Trainers: Aeme and Water Meraidt)
Kelh and Fire Anyudios (Trainers: Dranal and Fire Delsayat)
Anya and
Wind Hekaosdi (Trainers: Xalali and Fire Verenayat)
Aaryn
and Male Earth Myrundios (Trainers: Dakhren and Fire Kovadios)
Lana and
Forest Arbosdi (Trainers: Zakrey and Desert Pyreiet)
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