Hatching of Clutch 19

Thanks to Keiliana, Mikath's rider, for writing the story.

The Sands at Jerdan Weyr were heating up in preparation for the hatching of gold Mikath's clutch.Yawning, her rider Keiliana awoke from her quarters near the Sands. That yawn turned quickly into a startled shout. "The eggs!" She threw on a robe and rushed to her place in the tiers beside her weyrmate T'ran, who had been awakened by his bronze Benioth at about the same time Keiliana had awakened. "Wish them luck. They'll need it with the mood Mikath's in," she muttered to him.

The candidates filed onto the Sands, hopping from foot to foot both from impatience and from the heat. They didn't have to wait long. After a few moments, the first egg cracked. A tiny green poked her head out. Searching the girls, she looked to a shortish blond girl. "Lilith! Of course I want you! Come on, let's get some food!" Reelare said, leading her newly Impressed green off the Sands.

That set off a chain reaction. Three eggs cracked at once, but only one broke open. It revealed a miniature of the father of the clutch, a little bronze. He charged to the boys, stopping short and rolling end over end until he bumped into a tall boy. "Ow! Be more careful, Kinneth!" Netar said, grinning at the bronze. The happy new pair walked off the sands together.

Two more eggs hatched, revealing another green and a blue. The green paused a
bit before heading toward the girls. She ran to a short girl with dark hair before changing her mind and deciding on a girl with dark eyes and short hair. "Well, about time Kheltith!" Trance exclaimed, dipping her head and smiling at the green.

The blue took a little more time to decide. He looked to the girls, then to the boys, and sat down where he was. The candidates stared at each other until one tall, skinny boy ran to the blue. "Come on, Adath, let's go get some food!" Enak said.

Another green hatched and scurried to the girls. She paused in front of the line and made a creeling noise. Slowly, each girl inched to her, until one dark haired girl bent down and hugged the green. "You knew I'd come to you, didn't you, Zarath?" Kiwista said with a giggle.

Another egg started shaking, then cracked, revealing the first brown of the clutch. As he raced to the boys, though, he tripped and rolled, creeling in pain. One tall boy stepped forward. "Don't worry, Dorleth, I can fix that up!" Dagan said to his brown.

A very large egg near the middle began to crack and all the un-Impressed girls knew it was the queen egg. A crack opened in the middle and the egg split in half, revealing a miniature of Mikath. She stepped daintily out of the eggshells and stared at all the candidates. She looked, looked, and looked, until she decided on one girl and butted her leg imperiously. "Alanysath! You want me?" Selyndria yelled jubilantly.

Two eggs hatched immediately after Selyndria and her queen walked off the sands. One hatched a brown which headed for the boys. He immediately chose a
dark haired boy. "Yes, Sirreth, I'll get you some food right away!" Daylen shouted. The other hatched a green who, after some looking, headed to the three remaining girls. She paused before being driven by a blue and a gold flit toward a particular girl. "Aleith, you'll get along great with Lynx and Diary!" Romain told the green.

Two more eggs hatched, a brown and a bronze. They both headed for the boys, bumping heads with each other. Two boys rushed forward to help. "Zilinth, are you okay?" Vatrel said to the brown, while Thosher told the bronze, "Don't hurt yourself, Jareth!"

The last four eggs shook and hatched at once, a green, a blue, a bronze, and a white! Mikath looked extremely smug about the white. The green and the white ran for the girls while the blue and the bronze headed toward the boys. The green made her choice almost immediately. "Come on, Carelith, let's get some food!" Maluvan shouted.

The white bounded up to Nebula. She knelt down and hugged the little one with tears in her eyes. "I'm so glad you chose me, Kynelith!" she said, standing up to go with the white off the Sands.

The bronze and the blue chose almost simultaneously. They headed for their chosen ones with no argument. Shahmai looked in amazement at the blue. "Yeah, I want you, Azlith!" he said. "Darenth, let's go get some food!" Leretan told the bronze.

Keiliana and T'ran watched the happy new pairs of dragonets and riders leave. She sighed happily. "Satisfied, Mikath?" she sent. The Sands had cooled and they carefully walked down to their dragons. Keiliana reassured her queen. They've Impressed good people. "I know," the gold sent back. That agreed on, Keiliana headed to the feast.

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