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Still amused by the green's antics, his smile suddenly turned into a jaw-dropped expression as she bugled at the top of her lungs, and practically shouted in his mind, "KYLAR! KYLAR! THERE IS SO MUCH YOUR TATLETH WANTS TO TELL YOU!"

Suddenly swamped by the wiggling green body, Kylar's rear hit the sands, Tatleth trying to crawl into his lap. She stared at him, nose to nose, with a grin as wide on her maw as his usually was. Laughing, he rubbed her head-knobs, wincing only a little as her voice filled his head to bursting.

"MINE, can you hear me? Yes?? Good! I'm hungry, mine. Please feed me, then I have sooo much to share with you, mine. SO MUCH!"

Hopping off her new rider, she fairly danced in front of him, wings half-unfurled, tail lashing in excitement. Kylar climbed to his feet in awe, too amazed by his fortune to speak in his head.

"Yes, dear Tatleth. I hear you very well," he said with a laugh, wrapping his arms around her neck. "Food for you! Come!" With that, she dashed to the table, her rider close behind. Upon reaching the table, she bumped shoulders with her clutch-mate Skananth, chirping animatedly in her excitement.

"Skananth, mine is here! Do you see him? He is handsome and strong and will protect Tatleth!" Glancing over her shoulder, she whirred more noises at him, as if to hurry Kylar.

Laughing, he reached the table, resting a hand on her shoulder as he caught his breath. "C'mere, mine. Time to fill that gut of yours, and maybe calm you down."

The brown picked his way among the eggs. He paused at a few, eyeing them and circling those that did not seem to pass his test.

It was when he reached the Grey Speckled Egg that he screeched. Nothing happened in response. Another screech echoed out, this time louder, and the brown's eyes turned to red.

In a flurry of motion, he leapt up onto the Grey Speckled Egg and began to pull the broken shell surrounding the green's leg with force. His claws worked into the cracks and he chipped and pulled until he had removed every last fragment and revealed a rather lifeless looking green.

Or, it only looked lifeless, but as it poked one eye open and gave a huff, if was clear that it was just not interested in moving. So, the brown simply grabbed it by the tail and drug it away from the shell, his eyes returning to a mellow blue.

There was a short squabble between them that was more noise than it was fight, and as the green got to her feet, the brown followed her, giving encouraging nips to her heels.

She made her way over to the boys and stopped. The brown waited nearby.

Slowly, she picked her way between them, her head cast to the ground and her tail swaying from side to side before she yawned and settled at the only female candidate that was in the male group.

YuluMine, Your Erath doesn't want to walk all the way over to the food. Bring some to her.

Cass's dark eyes went wide as the brown went to the grey speckled egg and all but started attacking it, dragging forth a seemingly lifeless body from the remains. Her small hands went to her face and she gasped and horror, thinking, as many did, that the green was surely dead. Then, after a moment of stillness, the green moved, and even managed to get to its feet, forcing a relieved sigh from her as she released the breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. She nearly choked on it though when the lazy green settled in front of yulu of all people. She huffed, annoyed that the girl had impressed and she had not. Well, at least she was stuck with a lazy little creature...
Cass firmly turned her gaze back to the eggs, bobbing on the balls of her feet once more, eager to see the others come forth.
please be there, mine, please be there... she hoped desperately to herself. Oh to find that special dragon to complete her...her heart ached for the chance, and she hoped her wish would be granted.

Jada almost squeaked as the brown suddenly leapt on one of the other eggs. Ripping and pulling, until he dragged a tired-looking green from the shards of her shell. She watched the dragon rise, and again, move for the males.

What happened next made her smile, but it was a slightly confused smile. The dragonet settled to the ground at Yulu's feet... and didn't move to get back up.

Three eggs left to hatch; a bronze that was in the Stands, and a brown that was far too dominant for her tastes, even if she leaned in a manner that would fit the brown's tastes.

Zhierd had held his breath as the green had made it's way over toward them, then noticed Yulu standing amidst them. How had he not noticed her? He did suppose that with all of the excitement it was easy to miss a few things. A wide grin spread on his face as the dragonet chose the girl. He was glad that she had been chosen. Though he knew she'd have a hard time. It was always hard for the girls here but perhaps the more female riders there were, the sooner everyone would get over their stupid prejudice. Not everyone was meant to sit around and have babies.

Indeed, someone was about to be hurt.

One girl in the front row wasn't quick enough to scrabble away from the stomping bronze, and he grabbed her by the arm and tossed her into the Hatching Sands. He snorted softly, before continuing through the crowd. It seemed after the first girl the crowd got faster.

The bronze suddenly stopped, turning his whirling eyes on one of the boys in the crowd. Though his expression still stayed firm, blue filtered into his eyes and he seemed to calm.

Sethal! Why were you not down with the rest of the boys? Nevermind, your Pipith has come to get you! Now let's go! We don't have time for this! I want to eat!



Meanwhile, the New Grass Egg began to rock back and forth, small cracks appearing on the surface.

Yulu's heart had stopped as she watched the Brown attack the other egg, the one with the dragonet who refused to be budged. She was going to say something out loud, to try and startle it away, when the large green inside came out looking rather unharmed....and slowly came her way. Surely the ONE EGG she had mentioned over and over that she didn't want...wanted her? That had to be some cruel joke played by some form of anything and everything, right? Right?

Wrong.

YuluMine, Your Erath doesn't want to walk all the way over to the food. Bring some to her.

The moment those words touched Yulu's mind she felt her heart stop again before it suddenly sped up, as if it were racing at speeds she couldn't understand, and she actually had to put her hand on her chest to make sure she wasn't having an attack of any kind. This feeling was more intense then anything she'd ever known or probably would ever know again , her eyes daring themselves to smart with tears before she could find words to respond.

"No, get it yourself. I'm not your Mother, she's standing over there next to your siblings. If you want to get something to eat you're going to have to get up and follow me, or else I'll leave you here on your own."

Yulu started away from where she had stood amongst the boys, ignoring any jeers that obviously would be coming her way now that a woman had Impressed a Fighting dragon. She didn't look back to see if her Erath was following, but she didn't want to try to hard. She was still in a state where she couldn't think straight, and only single minded focus was moving her legs.