[2014 Easter Event] Hoppy Happy Hatching

[The_Muffin_Puppy]

Even though none of the greens had yet left the nest another three eggs began to fight to escape. It seemed though that this trio had no time for taking turns. As if by some unheard cue all three eggs broke at once spilling their contents onto the sand. They didn't offer much in the way of colour variety as another two greens toppled out. A dark green literally rolled out of her egg, her momentum carrying her so far that she tumbled off the trough and landed in a heap on the floor. Her wing tangled under her and the green set about writhing to try and get herself untangled, only succeeding in working herself up more. The paler green however seemed content to sit in the remains of her egg and not worry too much about it. Though her arrival did send the two of the earlier greens to hatch off the edge of the trough and out into the crowd, clearly six greens was just far too many.

It was the third hatchling however that seemed to draw everyone's attention. The bronze had unfortunately come out of his egg the wrong way. Both upside-down and tail first. The dark bronze tail and hind legs wiggled ineffectively as he tried to right himself. The egg that still claimed his torso however only made his wiggling result in an ineffective rocking motion as he rolled from side to side.

It was the green that hatched third that jumped from the trough first. Unfortunately she jumped right down onto her newly hatched sister. The frightened youngster shrieked in surprise as the larger green landed on top of her. Twisting her head her eyes flashed red as she snapped at her attacker, tiny teeth sinking into her sister's flank. As the larger green leapt free the tiny green tore out from under her running blindly forward. She swerved around a person and managed to collide with a leg. Not having time to recover the little green scrambled up the leg and forced her way into their boot. The tiny firelizard trembled as she finally stopped thrashing and running around like a headless wherry. Frightened eyes turned upwards and she met the face of her hiding place and shrank back. They weren't going to hurt they were they?


The unexpected attack cause the larger green to give a yelp and jump away. She looked back at her leg and saw the small bite mark. What was that for? She hadn't meant to land on her. How unreasonable. Were she a lesser firelizard then she would have undoubtedly held a grudge, but really it wasn't worth her time. She dismissed the matter with a flick of her tail and strutted away from the scene. A giggle attracted her attention and the green turned her head to see how close she was to a human. She was quickly distracted though by the meat in the humans hand. Hey! Hey you! Yes you! Could she just take that off your hands, please? Yes, thank you, that. The firelizard practically began to climb the riders are while she was looking at the healer. She wanted those morsels.

 

[The_Muffin_Puppy]

A small egg began to shake and judder faster than the rest. The occasional twitch could be seen here and there, but it seemed the ones intent on being first had already broken free and the rest of the clutch was less inclined to explode out of their eggs. The egg that now drew attention flopped onto its side as it rolled, cracked ran along its shell. Suddenly a bright blue foot burst from the egg. It waved around for a moment, touching the outside of the egg before drawing back inside. While other flits seemed to believe that coming out nose first work best, this dragon seemed to think that the top of his head should be first and promptly headbutted the hole bigger. The blue drew himself out, standing proudly atop his empty shell. The blue even seemed to pose a moment, before a crack caught his attention. Looking down the blue realised that cracks were spreading from his feet. Oh dear. Luckily the blue managed to leap free just before the shell collapsed in on itself. Well, that saved him some embarrassment at least. It didn't take long for the blue to decide to sit down and begin to pose again.

Another firelizard however had decided that she'd lingered long enough. One of the most recent green to hatch, she'd been largely overlooked after the spectacle her sisters had made of themselves. No, matter, she wasn't interested in the people here anyway. Jumping from the trough the green firelizard walked straight past the people that offered her scraps of raw meat. No, that would simply not do at all. Besides she was looking for something in particular, something familiar. She'd felt it a moment ago. The young green walked clear of the hatching and off into the rest of the hall. She paused and looked around, now where was it. Her small eyes scanned the room until they rested on a lad sat on a table. You! She flaired her wings and gave a loud squawk. You were the familiar thing! You would do nicely. Now it was time that she was fed and it was Daimon's job to do it.

 

[The_Muffin_Puppy]

Two eggs sat side by side. One had a rather simple design, being just two colours, the underside a dark gray and the top a dark pink colour. The two began to twitch in an odd rhythm as though the pair were matching each others wiggles. One ill timed rock however sent the two eggs colliding, large cracks forming at the site of impact. A frightened cheeping could be heard from within the eggs and for a moment they remained still. It wasn't long however before their rocking began again, though slightly more reserved this time around. Gradually the cracks spread and began to connect, finally leading to the collapse of parts of the eggs. Within seconds of each other two blue heads popped out of the gaps. The two looked around before meeting each others eyes the two stared at each other. One was a bright mid-tone, whilst the other was remarkably dark. The look lasted a long while before the two leaned forward and gently booped their noses together.

At the back of the clutch another egg was working on its attempts at escaping. The twists and rocks were erratic and the firelizard seemed to be having great trouble with getting the egg to relent. Areas of the shell warped outward as the would-be hatchling tried to force its way out. It was only when it pushed on both sides at once that it won the battle. The firelizard's wings exploded out of the egg and flared out, the rest of the egg crumbled after a moment, covering the brown firelizard with egg shards. Clearly bothered by this the brown immediately set about picking the pieces off of his body. Pausing just once to watch as half an egg rolled past him with half a bronze sticking out of it.

The first hatched firelizard was still looking around in her odd jerky way. The green seemed to be taking in as much of her surroundings as possible before doing something. It seemed at last though that she had seen enough to make her choice. Walking to the edge of the trough she looked down, twisting her head one way and then the other as she judged the distance. She drew back and jumped off the trough, fluttering her wings as fast as she could. Sadly, her still damp wings were not strong enough to let her fly and the dark firelizard slowly drifted down to the floor. Her chest was heaving after the attempt. That hadn't gone as planned. She looked about once again and spotted something most interesting. Darting forward the green stopped in front of a weyrling, humming excitedly.


It seemed the posing blue was loving the attention. He was an attractive fellow, wasn't he? He hated to deprive them of his wonder, but the rumbling in his stomach was most insistent. He absolutely must get his stomach filled, sorry to leave you all, but he must be on his way. The blue firelizard strode across the trough and hopped quickly down. He walked along looking for something to eat, but turning his nose up at the people who held it. If their grips were weaker then he would have maybe attempted to snatch some. It wasn't the most honourable behaviour, but really they could blame him. He needed it after all. His eyes caught sight of a smaller human and he wondered if he had a chance to claim that quickly. He crouched down and assessed his target before darting forward and jumping to try and pluck the meat from the eight turn old hands.