Wild Clutch 1

Standing on the beach, the dawn light just appearing in the dark sky above Lantessama Isle, five candidates were waiting for the first nekrat clutch to hatch. They had waited long, but no-one had been really sure how long it would take this eggs to hatch, and how the weather influenced them laying so out in the open as they had.
Aquion, being the only nekrat rider at present time, closely reviewed the candidates again. First there was Akinna, a water-human just like himself though he still felt a tinge uncomfortable round her when he thought of what she really was. He liked her as a person, but she had a darkside, that scared him. Still she was perfect for a nekrat, being able to spend all her time with it in the water. 
Wading in the water close by her, were the Pernese twins that would return to become dolphineers. Though they would not be in the water all the time, they would be close by it at the least.
One who would also remain close by it was Liiza, who along with her daughter and daughter's dragon, lived near a lake where the nekrat would be cared for. As he had understood it, the woman would not bond, but she would care. Aquion thought that would be enough since these water-dwelling dragons had lived solitary until recently.
The last candidate was the one that troubled him. Aquion looked up and saw the blue, finned star dancer about the size of a flit, flying above the water. The creature did not speak, but it could make clear what it wanted by telepathy, as could the dragons. It was related to them, but it was so small, how would it be able to look after the nekrats? They ll grew to be larger than the regular dragons on Lantessama...
Before he could finish his thoughts, the first egg broke in half, a slender blue form fleeing from it toward the open sea. It did not stop to look at the candidates and was gone before more of them could see that it was a wave. Aquion sighed, he had known this might happen, some of the nekrats following the old ways, fleeing to the ocean where they would be safe in the deepest trenches. Hopefully not all of them would or the hatching would be a disaster.
Looking at the candidates, they seemed to agree with him. Most of them seemed to fix their eyes even more determined on the remaining five eggs. Wishing them to bond.
Two eggs sprang open, causing small fountains of water to leap from the surface. These two, one a bright green seaweed, the other a second blue wave, did turn to the shore, looking interested at the candidates. Finally they swam closer, each picking a candidate they believed would suit them.
The seaweed green female swam toward Liiza and asked: "Is this lake of yours pretty?"
"It is, Sondra." Liiza answered, "You'll have more than enough room to swim," she continued and then, picking up the nekrat's thoughts, "And enough new friends to fool around with."
"Then I will come." the female answered.
Meanwhile her wave brother was leaping out of the water toward the star dancer, playing with him, not realising the star dancer would never be caught because he could always swoop higher as the hatchling jumped.
"Come down please!" the wave called, "I just want to talk!"
"Promise not to splash me?" the star dancer asked, "I won't be able to fly if you do until I dry."
"Why would you want to fly?" the hatchling asked.
"You've got a point..." Tropico answered, "As long as you can get me back home..."
"I can!"
Meowing excitedly as the star dancer dove into the water, his wings becoming equally adept fins, the wave male called out: "Ryunami can bring you anywhere!"
While the two of them swam out into the ocean, probably going to catch some fish themselves in stead of taking the ones that had been prepared just for this occasion, another egg cracked.
The hatchling sticking his head out from that egg was darker than the ones having hatched before. Her hide glowed a deep sapphire blue where the light sparkled on it, but the rest of her was black, ready to hide her in the deepest shadows. This hatchling, certain of who she wanted, swam toward Akinna.
"Hello, Akinna." she said.
"Hi Relaynah." Akinna answered, "Do you know what I need?"
"I do..." she said, "And I see there is no way to change it. I could try to change you, but it would get me nowhere. I shall take you as you are."
The abyss waited for Akinna to respond, but she did not, looking about ready to cry or flee.
"Get me some fish will you." Relaynah asked, "I trust your judgement."
"Oh...ok." Akinna said, swimming away to fetch some fish she hoped her dragon would like, how could she know what the nekrat wanted?
The last two eggs hatched simultaneously, one revealing a yellow-beige hatchling, the other a black-green one with a rippling pattern on it's fins. The Sand, a female by the way she acted, swam toward Sahra, the Pernese girl, nudging her gently toward the feeding tables.
"I am very capable of catching my own." she said mentally, "But I feel this is very important to you to make the bond, so hurry."
"Ok Yaniva, I'm running." she called out laughing.
"How about you?" the Well male asked Geghan, "Can you be as quick as your twin in getting me food?"
"Quicker, Jinuon." he smiled, "Care to place a wager?"
"I don't bet." the dragon said coldly, "You have much changing to do."
"What about your sister with that mer-girl? She didn't want to change her at all!"
Giving him a weird look, Jinuon answered: "My sister knows not what I know, I shall change you and you shall like it!"
Geghan shrugged, hurrying after his twin to get some food into his irritating well, maybe that would calm him down, at least he hoped it would.
Aquion barely noticed the last two eggs bonding, he did nothing more than list their names, the rest he would imagine later. In stead he stared at Akinna and her Abyss, she had said she would not change her bond... Did that mean there was no future for them? He wanted to, badly, but he did not want to be afraid of her every time she started to become hungry. But how he liked to have her close...

Akinna and Abyss Relaynah (f)
Sahra and Sand Yaniva (f)
Geghan and Green Well Jinuon (m)
Liiza and Seaweed Sondra (f)
Tropico Surf and Wave Ryunami (m)
Wave NN, fled