Expectations

[dragonriderfire]

Max clapped when Dev impressed the odd looking blue, the two seamed to go together and he laughed when the green started to pull her impressed over to them.
Max moved out of the way so as not to cause a problem for them.
Max looked at the sand 7 had hatched 6 had impressed, the hatching was half way through and now Max felt a knot of worry, there was over half the hatchlings gone. he looked along the line of the rest of the candidates there was still more candidates than eggs. Max wondered what he would do if he did not impress, he know there was a place for him in the craft hall, that was the good thing about the smith hall there was always places for people.

[Janne]

Seabriel was startled into her Impression, the colored hues of Baritoneth's eyes washing over her. Oh, by the first Egg, it was glorious! She'd never felt this feeling before and it was wonderful! Even when Tranth had Hatched and Impressed the feeling hadn't been this strong. The Harper, no, Dragon rider put her hand out to scatch the Blue's eye ridges. She laughed at his comment."Baritoneth, silly, you can't eat and sing. We can singer after you are done. The Blue nodded whistfully and stated again that he wanted to sing with his Mine.

A streak of Sapphire could be seen streaking down from the stands. Tranth, his small wings wide open began to scold the larger dragon. he had felt Seabriel's emotions. How dare this youngling?! Seabriel was his! The little Flit hissed.

As Baritoneth took a step back from shock Seabriel threw her arms up and focused her attention on the Fire Lizard. Her brows lowered as she forced the Flit to calm himself. Her green glare was hard as she ordered the Fire Lizard onto her arm. It wasn't until she saw the two side by side did she notice that she had Impressed two blues. A small chuckle escaped as Baritoneth turned his attention to the Flit. Oh, silly thing am I? Young I may be my fellow lover of Mine, but I am bigger than you and could eat you if i wanted to. His dark message sent the Flit's eyes to whirling on terror. Seabriel looked in shock at the small dragon before his eyes began to whirl a happy blue. "Come, Baritoneth, Tranth, let's get some food." She gestured for the small Dragon to move first, but Baritoneth walked right by her side.

[mittens]

The Brown who'd tumbled himself blinked slowly, staring intently at the males, looking directly at one in particular. M 'essMineOwn! Zarunath hungers greatly! the Vrown wriggled, hauling himself to his feet and stumbling to M'ess.


As soon as the Brown spoke to M'ess, one of the large eggs shook, then grew still.

It seemed it was the moment everyone had been waiting for, one of the massive eggs which everyone said were queens was to hatch!

The shell shivered, rippling almost, and then cracked, a large chunk falling to the ground to reveal a glossy, pale yellow hide. A Gold! Her neck twisted as she shoved her head through the gap, her clasws grasping the jagged edges and tearing at them until she ws free. Indeed, she was lightly colored, very pale, almost the color of white-gold, her hide glistening with wetness on top of the metallic sheen she carried. as she crawled onto the sand, she creeled, her eyes scanning the candidates, looking at the girls as if almost confused. So many of them, but would she find even one worthy?


Mia's breath ceased yet again, the Gold Hatchling so wonderfully glorious and high ranked! Of course the girl had no desire for a Gold, she didn't want the responsibility that went along with it, but still, that didn't mean she couldn't admire the little dragon.

[BLAZE]

”Hey look one of the big ones have hatched...and it’s a gold... yes Top Point history in the making Palin would be jumping for joy to see a queen hatched on those sands” K’inzar said know the sight of a queen would not please all of the weyr, but the queen being hatched meant the weyr had a future.
“3 queens now we have a chance to make a proper weyr and not just one that takes those that others don’t want”

[wolfbearfox]

The knot of worry slackened when he saw the big egg rock and then hatched.
It was a gold…R’reek gripped Kisa’s hand “It’s a gold, the first queen born at Top Point you’ve made weyr history” he said so happy.

[elainsie]

Zaira who had been watching the Brown's Impression was alerted to the Gold's arrival by K'inzar, her head twisting so rapidly in the other direction it was a surprise she did not give herself whiplash from the movement. It seemed the Weyr let out an almost collective sigh at her appearance, and Zaira added her own to it, whether of relief at the sight of a Gold or because of her beautiful hide. "Oh what a good omen. Kisa must be so happy! A gold, and it's only Ziinyth's first Clutch. Zaira glanced down at the Weyrwoman again, standing up from her chair in doing so, though it was hard to see the diminutive woman for all the people congratulating her and her dragons efforts.

Well no doubt there would be enough time at the Hatching feast to give her own well wishes, Zaira thought as she watched the gold study the female Candidates. "Care to make a wager on who she Impresses?" Zaira turned briefly to K'inzar, her eyes alight with excitement and amusement. "I reckon it will be that one," Zaira pointed to where Mia stood on the Stands, "The one with the short dark hair, do you see her K'inzar? I'll get you a bottle of your favoruite wine if you win."

[Tina]

Three more eggs hatched, and suddenly there were four dragons, two blues and two greens, wandering amongst the candidates. However, none showed any interest in Zyrii. She paid little attention as those four Impressed and more eggs hatched, choosing to focus on the two large eggs nearest her. They were, after all, the only ones guaranteed to Impress to females. Occasionally she did glance back over to the males' side, at one point just in time to see a brown Impress, only to barely look back soon enough to end of the first movement of one of the gold eggs.

Another movement, then a crack. Zyrii was almost trembling in excitement as the shell broke and she could see the first hint of the golden hide. Finally, a queen was going to Impress! At this, she imagined Impressing the dragon herself and becoming a junior weyrwoman. The idea was extremely exciting, even with her knowledge of the chances -- there were two gold eggs and plenty more female candidates. Not all of them would Impress, and certainly not all could Impress gold. But still, the fact that she was on the sands in front of the eggs gave her enough hope to have her watching the queen with anticipation, wondering who it would choose.

From here, her mind took a different turn. What would it be like to Impress a dragon? Was the voice in a rider's mind anything like the images and emotions from a fire-lizard? It seemed hard to imagine, and she soon gave up trying. She would know the answer if she Impressed, after all. One thing was definitely different: dragons named themselves, while fire-lizards were content with anything one might choose to call them as long as they were fed.

[BLAZE]

K’inzar thought for a moment “That would be abusing my position as a rider...” He said one of his cheeky smiles on his face.
“But if you don’t tell and I don’t tell then...then R’reek can’t roast my hide... and i think it will be her” he pointed to Zyrii “but what do i get you if you win?” he asked Zaira
“also if I win you have to sit with me for the feast”

[BLAZE]

F’hursna looked down at the sands when he heard the whispers that there was a gold just hatched. He felt a small flicker of pride in the accomplishments of the new weyrwomen and weyrleader but then it was replaced by pain of loss

[elainsie]

Zaira cradled her head in the palm of her hands as if mulling over the blue rider's additional request. "Ok you have a deal." Zaira had already intended to sit by K'inzar and the show of indecision was more for the rider's benefit. "If I win you can take me for a ride on your dragon. Sound fair?"

Glancing over at the whispering couple on her left, Zaira dropped the level of her voice."No one needs to know but us. And I am sure you're not the only one 'abusing' your position as a rider, or so you put it. In fact I'd be surprised if no one else did."

"Do you really think the other egg will be a gold also?" she asked the blue rider, as she turned to look at the intact egg that now sat next to the remains of the gold one.

[dragonriderfire]

Max turned hearing something talking to him, then he saw the little brown he had been watching hatch and stumble about the sand.
Max knelt down when Zarunath landed at his feet, and helped it to his feet “There we go Zarunath” said M’ess petting the browns head.
The sound of someone shouting very loud, M’ess know it was his little brother “Come on Zarunath before my little brother gets in trouble” M’ess said leading the brown away to the exit.

At the exit M’ess’s little brother came running down from the stands to meet them.
M’ess raised his hands to slow his brother down.
“Slow...calm, or you will scare him” M’ess said pointing to Zarunath.

M’ess’s brother stopped looking at his older brother then at the dragon.
“Your... Max get dragon... oh can i pet... please?”

M’ess grinned “gently... Zarunath this is my little brother” M’ess said telling the brown

[glow=red,1,200] Zarunath looked at M’ess and then at his brother he let the boy pet him, and was surprised when the boy gave him a kiss on the head
[/glow]

[glow=red,1,200]<< My M’ess why call you Max you my M’ess >>
[/glow]

<<”Max be what my brother calls me, that’s his name for me but you can call me ether Max or M’ess is you like?” >>

[glow=red,1,200] The brown thought for a moment
<<You my M’ess but his Max... this good>>
[/glow]

”He soft and nice” M’ess brother said than hugged his brother,
Max laughed at his dragon it sounded like it had reached a compromise with his name.
M’ess lead the way out of the hatching ground to feed Zarunath

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Rio watched the candidates impress slowly counting off, she made a note on who was getting what she made a underlined note for the ones who had got the twins as well as the ruff bronze who had attacked its impressed.
She saw the brown impress a big looking boy, her attention was drawn to the stands where a boy was standing up shouting and clapping as his parents tried to get him to calm down.
She watched the brown leave with his rider and the family walk down the stands and the weyling put and arm up to stop the boy, the two looked a bit a like and she realised they must be brother and watched as the weyrling let the boy pet and then kiss the new brown then hug the bigger lad.

G’ree watched where Rio was looking “That’s Max or M’ess now he had impressed...that’s his little brother he has some learning problems” G’ree explained in case she didn’t understand why the boy acted the way he did

Rio nodded her head, she wished her brother’s had acted like that for her impression. That memory was still a painful one and on that may never heal.
Rio turned her attention back to the sand seeing the gold escape her shell “Oh by the first shell...its a gold”

G’ree’s head wiped round hurting his neck off moving so fast, he gave it a rub “By the first shell it is and the first in Top Point history” G’ree said whishing like he know F’hursna was that Palin was here to see this.

[wolfbearfox]

Talia watched the sands laughing as the green try to get her rider over to where the blue who had hatched with her was, it was so sweet to see a true sibling friendship, though she hoped they would grow out of it when they got older.

“Oh look E’lric it’s the a gold… one of the big one’s is a gold oh that is brilliant, i het Kisa is so happy” she said over the moon as Ziinyth was form one of her Quinith’s clutch.

E’lric looked his attention had been on the two brothers. Talia saying there was a gold brought his attention back to the sand.

“Well did you have any doubts that she wouldn’t?” E’lric asked knowing he hadn’t and was glad to see he had been proved right

[dragonriderfire]

Rio looked at G’ree “Who do you think she’ll impress?” She asked seeing the number of girls on the sand

”Don’t know could be any one” G’ree said not really fully sure on training a queen dragon, he may have to ask Kisa how she was taught or go to East Cliff and ask the weyrling master there.

[BLAZE]

”Its a deal” K’inzar said to Zaira “i will take you were ever you like my lady Harper” He said laughing.
“Yeah i think there will be a few bets going on to day at his hatching even some in the other weyrs” K’inzar said watching the gold and the rest of the sands carefully.
“I don’t know its big enough for a gold but it might just be a very big bronze” K’inzar said to Zaira not sure himself on the second large egg

[dragonriderfire]

Rio watched the gold eagerly leaning really far forward in her seat
“Who do you think it will impress?” She asked G’ree hoping he would have some idea.

G’ree put a hand out to stop Rio before she tip her self right into the row in front of them.
“I don’t know… it really could be any of the remaining girls” G’ree said looking down at the group, it was going to be an odd lot to try and teach, even harder with a gold in the clutch, two gold’s if he counter Rio and maybe a third if that big one was another gold.
Something had G’ree unsettled about that second big something about it was not right to him

[wolfbearfox]

Talia watched the gold on the sand a gold hatching was always a tense moment as this gold was Talia’s Quinith first grandchild so this was a big moment for East Cliff for a queen in the cutch showed Quinith and Bronith had a strong blood line

”Breath” E’lric said to his sister as she didn’t look like she had too a breath in the last few moments

Talia didn’t look at E’lric “I am breathing just this is big, and very big moment for both Top Point and East Cliff, you do realise this is the first Gold to hatch from a hatchling that is from Quinith’s clutch” Talia said

”So Quini is a granny, wow” E’lric said laughing

[mittens]

The little queen scowle,d looking about, her claws restlessly kneading the sand as she seemed to ponder the candidates.

Her neck arched, and she grumbled to herself, before charging foward to launch herself forcefully at Zyrii, warbling with satisfaction that she had found her girl. ~MineZyriiLoveOwn! Judiath is ravenous and you should feed me now or I shall simply perish into a puff of nothingess!~ Of course this was an over-dramatization, for obviously the young gold wasn't going to expire so quickly, but her nature was as such, to make a big deal over things as she had done and exagerate details to the max.


The second large egg rocked, once, falling to it's side and growing still, a soft tapping could be heard as the hatchling inside tested the shell. With almost calculated presicion, the shell broke, neatly down the center, into two halves, falling away to reveal a creature the likes of which Pern had never seen.

The hatchling was just as large as a Gold, perfectly proportioned, not an inch of her mis-shapen or out of place. However, her hide was white. Blindingly immaculate, not a hint of color on her.


Mia gave a startled gasp, hearing the sound echoed by several around her, as the pale hatchling broke her shell and looked calmly at the world, still as stone. What was she? Could it be possible that it was a mutated Gold? Or perhaps it was a returned version of the long-forgotten and famed Ruth? Whatever the explanation, Mia found herself awed by it. the Gold had nothing on this one, as pretty as the Gold had been, this hatchling was ntirely unique.


((I'm sorry this took so long, I've been horridly sick lately. T-T also, sorry for it being short, I'm still feeling a little off.))

[Tina]

The gold seemed a bit restless. What if she couldn't find someone she liked? Zyrii was worrying so much over the young queen that she didn't even realize she was holding her breath until her body forced a small gasp out of her to get her breathing again. The dragon was moving suddenly, and headed straight for Zyrii. Having been about to move out of the way to avoid getting mauled, she was shocked at the sudden voice in her head. It took a few seconds to register what was going on.

The voice belonged to the gold, and it had called her 'Mine', along with supplying the queen's name. Despite her gaze having never left the hatchling, she still managed to be surprised when she was knocked over. The telepathy had pushed aside all thoughts of an attack from the queen, causing her to forget that Judiath was still charging towards her.

"It's okay, Judiath, I'll feed you!" The word 'perish' had been rather startling, and it actually took a moment for Zyrii to place it as an obvious exaggeration of the dragon's hunger. You have to get off me first, though. The second communication to the queen -- this time through the telepathic bond -- came as Zyrii attempted to stand up, only to realize that the weight on her was too much. The gold hadn't been courteous enough to move after the Impression.

At Zyrii's second use of telepathy, the overexcited gold moved off the girl while trying to maintain a dignified manner. However, the combination of the odd movements and the mixture of a sense of urgency and an attempt to remove herself gracefully tangled up the gold's limbs, sending her to the ground next to her Bonded, claws nearly tangled with wings. Food now? The queen was already trying to haul herself back upright as if she had intended to fall like that. If it weren't for the severe hunger pangs in her belly, the hatchling would likely have made a big deal over the clumsy fall, but right now meat was definitely the priority.

Yes, food now, silly. By the time the sentence had finished, Zyrii was nearly back on her feet with the impatient gold trying to force her to move faster. If you keep that up, I'll trip and it will take longer. This calmed the queen just long enough for the girl to get moving, headed straight in the direction that the Impressed males had gone. The initial shock had started to wear off, and Zyrii was actually starting to grasp the fact that the gold had picked her.

As she was leaving, she could hear the sounds of the next egg hatching, but she found it didn't hold her interest. Now that she had Judiath, suddenly the rest of the Hatching didn't matter. Who else did or did not Impress, the ratio of colors, none of it seemed worth consideration. The only important thing was to feed the gold, who was once again making her hunger known, now vocally, telepathically, and physically.

[elainsie]

Zaira was sitting mere centimetres from the edge of her seat as she eagerly watched the gold eye off the female Candidates, her fingers crossed tightly in her lap, hoping that she would win the bet with K'inzar. Not knowing any of the female Candidates her pick of Mia was not a personal one, she was sure any of the females that stood upon the Sands must have the potential to Impress or otherwise why were they there? And yet as the Gold's head swivelled around she fervantly hoped its eyes would lock on the girl she had chosen.

Her flight to Top Point had been a very brief one, and her previous time upon a dragon was such a distant memory. However if the newly Hatched gold was to pick Mia then Zaira would get the promised prize, for what could be better than the chance to fly?

However it seemed it was not to be, and Zaria tried hard to hide the disappointment she felt as the gold rushed over to Zyrii. If she had asked, the Harper was sure to have a number of riders offer her a ride on their dragon however Zaira was too proud to ask. No, this bet had been the closest she would go to outright requesting such and she had lost.

Zaira clapped her hands as the Impression was made with the rest of the Weyr, albeit rather lacklustrely, before turning to face K'inzar. "Looks like you've won then. And what wine is it that I should be getting you?" Zaira did not notice the activity of the other large egg, her attention caught up in the regret she felt at having lost the chance to be airborne.

[dragonriderfire]

Rio watched the new gold eagerly trying to guess which female candidate would impress the gold.

She watched as the gold launch herself forcefully at one of the girls. Rio let out a gasp thinking that they would have a repeat of the bronze.

Rio wan not the only one who was worried when the gold launched her self at the girl but the rider could see this was different.

<<[glow=orange,1,200]She has impressed she is Judiath one of the new queen our queen[/glow]>>

G’ree smile and sent his thanks to his dragon

Rio saw G’rees eyes go that unfocused, he most be talking to his dragon, she whished she could but Aerith was a sleep.
“What did your dragon say does it know the new gold’s name?” She asked eager to know.

G’ree looked at Rio “have you not got your own dragon listening in?” G’ree asked jr Weyrwoman.

Rio went a bit red off embarrassment.
“Em…she is a sleep…she was fed this morning and she tends to still like a sleep after feeding”

”Ah…didn’t know she was still that young to still want to sleep off her meals ” G’ree said thinking he had miss judged the gold’s age

“oh…em she’s… well…well i suppose she can be still classed as you” Rio said feeling herself go redder off embarrassment.

G’ree looked seeing Rio looked embarrassed about her dragon sleeping through a hatching “Don’t worry about it she’ll grow out of it” G’ree said
“the gold is Judiath and the girl is Zyrii…oh by the fist shell” G’ree said seeing the second big egg hatch and the dragon that escaped it.

Rio looked to see what had made G’ree exclaim like that and saw the white.
“Oh…it’s a…its…” Rio did not know what to saw