Amaya was confused, but left to find someone who could show her where the sands were. When she got there, she realized what the fuss was about. The eggs were hatching!
The first to hatch was a small blue. He rushed towards one of the male candidates, and they soon left together.
The next to hatch was a green. Amaya held her breath as the dragon looked over the candidates, but it chose a different girl.
The next green to hatch turned out to have a brilliant leaf pattern on her wings. Amaya was starting to think she wouldn't Impress at all.
Another green hatched, the last of the eggs. It quickly Impressed and left with it's chosen. Amaya stared, disappointed. But then the Black dragoness uncovered four more eggs. A brown hatched, followed by a black, the mirror-image of her mother. The female black chose her lifemate, and there were only two girls left.
The largest of the eggs rocked, and hatched into a beautiful gold-green dragon. Amaya hardly dared to hope the dragon might choose her...but it turned towards the other girl.
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The last egg was a small one and had only rocked once or twice throughout the entire hatching. Amaya regarded it sadly, sure that nothing would come of it. Perhaps she had made a mistake in leaving Ciqala to come here. If she returned to the DolphinCrafthall, she knew he'd be happy to see her... Having decided that this was the best thing to do, she slowly followed the new riders off the sands.
Or tried to; Uasth intervened at that moment, blocking Amaya's way with her body. She wasn't an extraordinarily large dragon, but Amaya certainly couldn't bypass her. She stopped, confused, and it was then that she heard the quiet voice. I'd like to swim with Ciqala too, Amaya.
Shocked, she turned to see that the last egg had hatched - into a lovely green, who now watched her, clearly hoping that her chosen would not go. Amaya couldn't have left her then; she ran back to the lone hatchling, beaming. "I don't know whether you'll be able to swim for a while, Delpheith, but we can certainly try!"
From the clutch 1 hatching story.
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Amaya smiled and led her green dragon off the sands. "Come on, Delpheith. Let's go home."
