Victory Chanay and the Aery!

How strange it was to be inside a place like the Aery. The huge dome protected everyone from the storm outside and I was glad. I love storms, but this one was... wilder than most.

Even when I was on Neres living with Wildstorm and her father Tresis I didn't see storms like this one.

The Mothers, the three beautiful dragon-mothers, sat patiently in the aery and watched all the rest of us squirm.

There were so many eggs! I had no idea truly which ones were from what clutch but that hardly mattered, apparently. The mothers had allowed 'something' to happen to their eggs, I knew that much. From my father's Breeding degree I knew how easy it was to make changes to any cell... And from my own powers I knew that these were not normal eggs.

The first of the many eggs cracked as the sky exploded above, a black dragon came out and went for a shapeshifting wolf-creature. Then, a beautiful lavender one found a bond. A white one spotted a girl and made a beeline to her. Three eggs shattered and three hatchlings came from them! One, an orange colored dragon, apparently overacted her way into one girl's heart. The green one found a forest-dweller to bond to.
The purple colored one looked at a feline person, and bonded instantly.
Then -- something so strange happened! Eggs were breaking but not falling open! A big red dragon burst flames and curses! Something about a wyld and danger and stealing the children! I was... shocked. I didn't know that this sort of thing could happen at a hatching. After all, Vanya's told me of the more peaceful ones found elsewhere. He wasn't here, and I wished he was.
Then, the eggs finally opened. I thought that I had heard something, from Drakiera's fine lips... Perhaps a spell formed. A brown one, bronze and a white all came out, but the white one found a man to bond to. But then... the other two looked as if they were foaming crazy! I've seen creatures go mad, blinded by pain or fear. This was little different, but they had a goal and they had a leader! They disappeared when a blue dragon came inside and carried them away...
It was a terrifying, sad moment!

Then there were more sounds of eggs breaking, and all our eyes went to them again. I felt something stirring in me, something deep.
A blue went to a woman nearby me, and then...
This beautiful white dragon called my name!
"Victory? Victory! I am Viull'Ryxa, your dragon and flying companion! When I am older, I shall fly with you to the highest clouds!"
I laughed: of course he would fly with me! My wings were so much bigger than his right now, but soon I bet they would be dwarfed!
Back on the sands, a bronze went to a girl who was so scared she'd begun crying. Then, more eggs opened!
Silver colored first, then a blue one bonded. Then the black of that group, each finding their own special person to leave the grounds with.
I was amazed, when that last one bonded to a girl who'd already been found by a dragon! Liatha now had not one but two dragons to care for and care about her! A black and a white!
Four eggs shattered open while I was busy removing stray shell fragments from Viull'Ryxa's milk pale skin. A green one ... came to me! I looked up for a second and suddenly her eyes were locked on mine!
"I am Virah'Care, and I look forward to travelling with you." She came to me and rubbed against my legs, like a little cat would! "Quickly, let us leave..."
I was very tempted to, but also Viull'Ryxa was tired, and Virah'Care had to understand that. With two competing voices in my mind I sought only to harmonize them.
The silver who had just hatched went to a girl, and then the second green from the group found the fearful girl Seraseet! She too had two!
Then the last egg cracked open with a silly display! An orange dragon came out from its shell and announced her hunger!

Then Drakiera seemed to indicate that the Panteros beside her announce something. "There are two wylds out, along with the first three. They need to be captured, but not killed. Be aware, they are dangerous now, with a red as their leader, so for those of you travelling through Driss Forest, take great care not to travel alone."

I looked to my two beautiful companions, Virah'Care and Viull'Ryxa, and told them, "we will never travel alone! We have each other, all of us!"

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