Hatching of Clutch 10
As the dragons were humming,the dragons flew in the spectators. The twelve white-robed candidates were led in and Tyroa and R'len took their places in the stands. As they climbed to their seats,they nearly shivered from the snow. "For once it's not hot, "Tyroa muttered. The first egg hatched, revealing a tiny green. She looked uncertainly from Kasiya to Jayslin,then back. Her choice was made obvious as a beaming Kasiya led her green off the Sands saying, "I'll get you some food, Tigrith." As the newly Impressed pair left the Sands, another egg rolled, knocking into its neighbor. They hatched, revealing a bronze and a brown. The bronze showed none of the indecisiveness his sister had shown. He bounded right to his choice. Mikal shouted, "His name is Philith!" The brown chose a little slower,looking from Lanir to Nymrix,before a candidate he hadn't noticed nearly tripped over him. "Laryth!" Jaradel shouted jubilantly as he led the brown off the Sands. At the sound of that, two blues and a green hatched. The first blue dashed towards the boys, the green moved more slowly toward the girls. But the second blue stayed, until Quisoth nudged him away. Then he went to the girls. "Hey, you're a blue! No, of course I want you, Atlantith!" Reanya could be heard saying as she led the blue off the Sands. The second blue knew right away which boy he wanted. He headed for the boy worrying whether he would Impress or not. "Yes,Pacifith,I knew you would find me!" Berati said, leading the blue off the Sands. The dainty green finally reached the girls, looking from Inkali to Jayslin, then choosing. "Come on, Kelynth, let's go see what the others are up to, "Jayslin said, leading the green off the Sands. A flurry of activity around the center meant that the queen egg was hatching. It cracked down the center, then broke right in half. The little queen stepped primly out of the shell and glanced one way, then the other. When she finally chose, Tyrice asked the lucky girl, "What's her name?" Amused by some inner comment, Inkali finally answered, "She says she's called Merrith." As Inkali led her queen off the Sands, two of the remaining five eggs hatched. A bronze and a brown made their way to the male candidates. Lanir, Nymrix, and Gyren stepped up to the hatchlings. Simultaneously the bronze chose Lanir and the brown chose Nymrix. Lanir's cry of, "Pintreth!" was closely followed by Nymrix's, "Oketh!" Gyren stepped back, disappointed, and almost stumbled over a newly hatched blue. "No,of course I wouldn't have them over you, Wakith!" he said, leading the blue off the Sands in relief. The two remaining female candidates, Rinisa and Tyrice, exchanged glances. The Sands were barely warm anymore, due to the snow. Finally one of the last eggs cracked, revealing a tiny green. She marched directly towards them. There she stood, looking back and forth between Rinisa and Tyrice. The smile on Rinisa's face told who had Impressed. "Susith, wait till you meet Donn and Tiptoes!" she said, smiling joyfully. Raesith shoved the other egg none too gently and it broke in half, revealing another green, practicaly a replica of her mother. In her hurry to get over to the girl, she caught her wingtip on the eggshell. She creeled in pain as Tyrice ran the remaining distance to the green. "Hollyth,don't hurt yourself! Come on, let's get some food and I'll fix that up when we get to our weyr," she said,hugging the green head to her before leading her off the Sands. *Note*
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