Aysha nearly ran to the Sands. She got there, and looked around. There were so many people there! And her brother?... She saw him. She waved at him happily. And then, the hatching began.

The first to hatch was a Light Brown. He had snowflake- studded wing sails. The next was a Light Blue, with the same snowflake markings as the brown. The third, to Aysha's surprise, was a red. He was beautiful.

Another egg opened, perhaps as a flower bloomed, revealing a dragonet as purple as the red who had come before her. She began her trek across the sands, going directly to her quarry, not discouraged in the least by the outbursts from the gallery.

Aysha, she said clearly.

"S... Sicarlith?" the girl was caught off guard. Who would have expected this? The dragonet opened her snowy wings, and greeted her rider - her forever friend.