The egg cracked and sputtered. Pieces of shell shattered on the ground as the tiny black dragon rolled out onto the rocky floor. Huge eyes opened and looked around. Tiny wings fluttered exciedly. The baby Night Fury looked up at his parents, uncle, and older brother. Aphid, his mother, smiled at her newborn son. "Oh, Granite! He's wonderful!". Granite, the father, nodded. "Little Bingo is absolutely perfect.". Neptune looked down in dismay at the tiny Night Fury before him. "He's not even built for fighting. Look at those nubby talons: useless!" he spat in disgust. Aphid snarled, exposing her pearly white teeth. "You will respect your younger brother...or we wll have Barks deal with you." She nodded towards a crippled navy blue Night Fury, muttering to himself with empty eyes and rocking back and forth. "That crazy old man?! Would you stop using him as a threat?!" Aphid growled "When you stop calling him Crazy Barks behind his back.". Barks' ears perked up at the sound of his name. "Barkshasanewnephew?!" He chimed "BarkshasanewnephewnamedBingo!". Little Bingo rolled onto his back and purred. Granite chuckled. Neptune stomped out of the cave. "I'm going to go see Amber...be back in a little." He flapped his wings and took off into the air, headed toward his best friend's cave a few feet down. He landed in the doorway with a thud. "Knock, knock! Amber?" "I'm in here Neptune!"
Neptune tromped in. Amber, a blue-ish black dragon with soft eyes, gave him a nudge. "Congrats on the new brother!" He sighed. "Mmhm...he's not really what I was hoping for, I guess." Amber cocked her head. "What you do mean?! I bet he's just adorable." Her eyes sparkled. "Can we go see him; pleeeease?!" Neptune rolled his eyes. "Fine..."
The two of them flew back down to Neptune's cave. Barks was still rocking back and forth on his talons while Bingo pounced on a leaf. Amber squealed with delight. "EEEE! He's so adorable!" Granite and Aphid beamed. "Try to convince Neptune that; he's not very happy with his little brother." Granite sighed. Amber snorted with amusement. "He's probably just JEALOUS!" Neptune lurched back. "Am not! He's just...not what I was expecting ok?!" He flew outside quickly. "Amber, you might want to go home while Neptune is...pouting." Amber winked at her. "Alrighty then. See ya!"

Neptune muttered to himself as he flew through the woods. Why did his parents have to like Bingo better than him? He landed in a treebranch and stared at the sky, but recoiled in surprise as gray clouds started to swirl above his head. "Oh no..." he thought as rain started to sprinkle down. He squinted and tried to find his way back to the cave. Something dark was getting closer, closer, until...SMACK! Everything went black.

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Bingo just wouldn't stop crying. Aphid tried all she could to get him to stop, but he just wouldn't. If he was crying this long, something must be very wrong. "NEPTUNE!" She shrieked and jumped up. Granite snapped up his head. "Granite, we'll be back. Supervise the cave!" She snatched up Bingo and held him close. Aphid flew through the rain and wind, calling out Neptune''s name. There was a black blob on the ground; it must have been Neptune. Bingo charged down and landed on him. He licked Neptune's face until he came to. "B...bingo?!" He limped to his feet and flew up with his mother. "Mom! Bingo!" Aphid helped him back to the cave, and told him how Bingo sensed something was wrong. Neptune looked at Little Bingo, who blinked respectively. "You know what, lil' bro? You're not that bad"