At noon, the castle vibrant and lively with the sounds and smells of lunch, Night Tebanaki suddenly felt that the time of her eggs was near. For one, they were shaking. But not only that, she could also feel them, the small presences of her children. Even in their eggs she felt that each of them was different and unique.
"It's happening." she told her knight, who was, as usual, reading.
"The hatching?" Lilith asked.
"Yes. Right now."
Lilith wasted no time and rushed out of the deep cavern, alerting anyone she saw to the imminent mind pairing. If only she could remember where the aspirant chambers were. But then, who'd be there in the middle of the day? Realising her mistake she took the next turn toward the canteen.
About an hour later the aspirants, staff and inhabitants of DesCas had finally gathered outside of the deep cavern. The cool water of it's indoor fountain chimed pleasantly but did not help soothe the tension in the air.
When the door swung open and the black-gold Tebanaki appeared everyone held their breath. In the silence that followed only the tapping of little claws on stone floor could be heard as 24 little feet set foot in the room. The six draklings sat down in front of their mother in one neat row.
The third drakling, a day drak and the third female hopped behind her rain-coloured sister and threw herself in the arms of Kaleah. Two round big eyes stared at the ever-sunny girl and a high-pitched voice sang: "I am Reykiki-i-i."
"Can you whistle?" Kaleah asked.
The drakling blinked and then shook her head.
"Good, me neither." Kaleah grinned, "but maybe we can learn it together."
~°~°~
Kaleah and Day Reykiki (f) - Trained by Meryk and Fire Quaryet (Knight)
~°~°~
Back to Story