Trying to listen to the one-sided (to him) conversation while in pain and still terrified was hard, oh so hard. But at least he was no longer being clawed at, even if the green hadn't fully let go of

His mind was too busy for this. Ronhim was having a lot of trouble thinking warm and welcoming thoughts. So much was going on in the Weyr and his heart was still full of unresolved anger...and being

The second forefoot hung, still threatening, over that leg but the attention Aelloth once fixed onto Isirdux shifted away, leaving the male Candidate to, instead, fix her whirling gaze onto Miacca.

Guiding the new gold toward food didn’t take much effort, the dragonet’s drive to eat after Hatching a strong enough instinct that all Calyse needed to do was point her in the right direction. The

His first ever Hatching had been a disaster, but at least he'd made it out alive, right? There were bloody marks on both his chest and his thigh, but neither injury was actually life threatening.

Isirdux whimpered as the claws found the hem of his robe and pulled down, sinking into his leg at the same time. 'Don't kick!' he thought. 'Don't do something to set her off!' But oh, it was hard

The Hatching seemed to dragon on for an eternity, though really no inordinate amount of time had passed. Calyse stood among the other girls, turning to watch as a few splintered off to join new

Getting Basilith to the wallows after feeding time had been an ordeal. The willful blue had wanted nothing more than to plop down asleep where he was after eating and Rennitz had to work hard to

At the movement, Aelloth jerked her head back, more surprised over it being the upper portion that had moved. {{You won't get away from me, you...you wrongdoer!}} She stretched her claws out once

(( Keep away! )) Dardueth shrieked at her brother, throwing herself down to the sand even as he lunged towards her. (( The creature is mine! )) With a guttural hiss of noise, the green flailed and as

None of this, not one bit of it, was anything like the stories Isirdux had heard from his mother while growing up. None of it was like the gossip spoken about among the crew of the ship, either. They

The keening cry of steel parting the air disturbed the silence of the early morning with a conclusive crack of impact against the abused surface of a pockmarked training dummy, scattering birds with

There were Hatchlings...not everywhere. Each color caught her eye, whether bronze, brown, blue or green, they all had their strengths and would be beneficial for the Weyr. She honored that fact by

Watching and not moving was maybe the most difficult thing Cremsden could ever do. Healers got trained for this, Healers practiced this, Healers reminded each other of this before every sharding

Normally there was a big feast after Hatching. The people who had watched needed to be fed and loved ones wanted one last chance to see the new Weyrlings. Not this time. After everything that had

The hum from Foreth went up and then caught through the Weyr as night fell around them. The time was weird, but more than that it was inconvenient. Kassia had been battling headaches and the pain in

The sounds of the humming jolted Kashara out of her sleep. She wasn’t the only one scrambling to get into her robes as chaos went up all around her. The eggs were early and Hatching at night. No one

Kashara couldn't believe it. Her sister's arm had been broken. Again. She stepped forward as it to help, but then she heard a voice in her head. The sweetest sound she'd ever heard in her head. But

Zosime had been standing in the middle of a fairly decent sized clump of candidates, peering into the dim sands to see what, if anything, was happening. Of course these babies just had to decide to

IC Date Reference: Set in the hours during the Hatching and early hours of the following day. Whilst the Hatching continued, there was a bustle of activity in the Infirmary. Almost immediately, it had