TOUCHED BY DARKNESS
Jypress felt Tysterin's hand slip out of her own. One minute he was there and the next there was no-one left in front of her. Frightened she turned around and her wide-eyed stare found Zaniom who was still right behind her.
"They're gone." Jypress sobbed.
Zaniom saw the young woman crumple, her conscious fraying as if she wasn't sure whether to laugh or scream. But he was unaccustomed to what the best course of action was. A loner by nature, he didn't have the gall to try and hug her, uncertain whether or not it would help. So it was Pollander who took the initiative. The young man who was so good at getting under the other's skin, took hold and comforted Jypress. Zaniom turned away, frustrated that he could do nothing else.
Rettiv meanwhile, was looking around, hoping to find a clue as to what had gone wrong. But that was even more difficult than their previous predicament had been. Because at least they'd known where they were before. Lost in this dark place without food and drink was worse. And yet the light of hope was stubborn and Rettiv found that his fatalism wasn't as easy to return now. he wasn't ready to die.
"Riyagh will come back for us." he said quietly, almost whispering.
"Yeah he will!" Pollander said a lot louder.
The young man started to hum a bad, hardly recognisable version of smooth criminal. Normally the guys would have hit him but as annoying as the song was, it helped to relax them a bit.

And then a black vortex appeared once more and a large yellow head appeared.
"Oh good, you're still here." Iramara said.
Then the yellow hathian was pushed through by his brother Yotogi. The non-space of the Elsewhere accommodated their bulk, seemingly allowing the immediate space around them to stretch and grow.
"I'm sorry you got separated." Riyagh suddenly said, having come through after his dragons.
The non-space grew even more as Altoona with her blue Itesaseu and Tysterin with his red Avagin also stepped through.
"Hey guys!" Tysterin greeted the four who'd been lost.
"What just happened?" Zaniom asked, once more being the first to find his wits.
"We got some dragons." Tysterin replied, making it sound so easy.
"A few years have gone by for us but luckily we could come back to right when we lost you." Altoona explained, only marginally doing a better job than Tysterin.
"The important thing is that we're getting you out." Riyagh added, "Explanations will come later."
Altoona and Tysterin helped the others strap onto the dragons. Altoona insisting on carrying Jypress on Itesaseu despite Riyagh's clear desire to have one of his bonds do the honours. Tysterin took Pollandor on Avagin which left Rettiv and Zaniom to try and brave to ride a dragon without a seasoned rider. They only had a short while to go so they'd have to manage.
Still, appearing back into a proper sky left Rettiv nearly falling.
"Snow!" he called.
The others looked down and saw a serene landscape that stretched below. Like a winter wonderland encased in mountains the place looked so normal that it was alien to the people who'd only known darkness and destruction for the past weeks.
The dragons touched down and the humans dismounted, the dragonriders somewhat more elegant than the others.
"I've heard there is a clutch here." Riyagh said, "If you want you can bond dragons here."

Riyagh and Male Yellows Yotogi and Iramara
Altoona and Female Blue Itesaseu
Tysterin and Male Red Avagin
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HATCHING
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Zaniom and ???
Pollander and ???
Rettiv and ???
Jypress and ???
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