The humming of the bronzes shook Keisha to the very bones as she gently placed a loving hand against Filonarth's warm hide. Filonarth stood hovering quite protectively near the queen egg. Nothing was going to move that queen. Ayarth crooned at his mate gently and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Better tell her to take it easy or she's going to scare all of the candidates away, dear." He said warmly and gave her shoulders a small squeeze.
"I know." Keisha answered and passed the message along to her queen who snapped back.
{{Don't worry about them. Any that scare away aren't worthy of my children.}}
The first egg made a loud cracking sound and the audience went tense. Each of them turned eager faces to a rolling splotched egg and became eager to know it's color. After a few sound thumps the egg burst open to reveal a bronze. It used it's wing fingers to haul itself out and stood on the Sands uncertainly. He looked around at the row of eager young faces and picked out Zyrak.
"He says his name is Malarth!" Z'rak shouts out with joy and hugs the bronzes neck.
The next egg to break held a sturdy looking green. She looked around the Grounds and seemed a little picky. She strolled along the Sands before spotting a happy looking face and squawked as she went forward into the arms of Telena.
"Oh Riolth! I'm so glad I've got you!" Telena says in a soft voice and stroaks her new weyr-mates eye ridges happily.
Two eggs hatch at once a brown and a blue. The two look confused for a moment and glance around and see two lads nearby. They move on un-certain feet and the little brown falls. Tillgen runs to the little brown and rights it to find himself staring into whirling eyes.
"He says his name is Brith." He says in wonder and awe. "You're the most perfect brown, Brith!"
The blue stumbled to a small lad and crooned next to him and flaps his small wings at Tryst. Tryst has a look of surprise and touches the blue gently.
"Of course I want you, Yomith!" He assures the blue and has small tears run down his face.
Another green and blue Hatch and make there way towards a girl and boy who seem to be twins. Tilit and Tilta look at each other and mutual joy and hug their dragons with happines.
"Welcome, Goyth." T'lit says as Tilta says at the same time.
"Her name is Geryth"
The next dragons out are two bright emerald greens and a large bronze. All three of them swiftly make up there minds, but the bronze trips over his wings and squeals with pain and surprise. Rily rushes to the dragon and grabs the wedge-shaped head to his chest lovingly.
"You choose me, Lilinath!?" He calls out in surprise and wonder.
One of the small crafty greens ducks under neath the arms of a young girl and Shani looks in shock as it nudges her. With a hesitant hand she rubbs the small dragon's eye ridges.
"Don't worry Mirimath, we'll get you something to eat." She says assuringly.
The other green looks a little confused and turns her head this way and that. Finally she spots a young girl just entering the Sands and squeals with joy. Young Zooey looks down and falls to her knees.
"I know I was late, Cymith, I didn't mean to be!" Zooey said and lovingly patted her weyrmates head knobs.
Finally the golden egg shock and rocked on it's base. The crowd grew hushed as they watched it. Which girl would walk off with the queen? The golden egg gave a mighty shake and slowly a golden dragon emerged from within. It seemed to decide to take it's time to decide who it would choose. It paced around in a small circle and then putted the side of Rhianna.
"I can't believe you chose me, Tipith!" She calls out as she pats the damp neck gently.
