Rider mine, you are doing so well. You have me already, and soon we will have two more to add to our family! Isn't it exciting? Tia couldnt help but smile at Eriax's excitement. The dragon wanted not much more than for everyone to be happy. And then her concentration went back to the birthing as a sudden shot of pain rushed through her body.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEE!" she screamed. Eriax winced, and then...the pain was gone, and Tia was panting. The midwife held up a child...a tiny, tiny, almost unrecognizeable as a child. Tia stared at it, Eriax stared at it...HER, rather...and then the midwife gasped.
"ANOTHER ONE! Puch, Tia!" Tia groaned, and pushed. Eriax danced around, bounced over to the firstborn, and sniffed the child lovingly. Within a few minutes, a second daughter had joined the first. The old woman had been right.
"What shall we call them, Eriax?" She pondered. She glanced again at the children. They were complete opposites...one light and blond, the other dark with night-black hair. The blonde child was asleep, angelic. The darker child was awake, just watching her mother. Tia smiled at the child, and then turned to Eriax.
"Whaddaya think?" The dragon shrugged, peering down at the children.
Tia, I've got a question. Look at your children. I watched them when they were born. They were...Tia, there wasnt any EGGS! I dont understand! And where's their daddy? And how come they look so different? And how come she looks more like you than that one? Tia smiled. It was gonna be fun raising both her human children and Eriax together.
