"Hurry! Its starting to hatch!" Nightslasher called to Mightyclaws as she began running back toward their house.
Mightyclaws glanced apologetically at Queen Glory. "Sorry, your majesty. I think I'll have to finish this tomorrow."
"That's fine." Her scales shimmered in shades of soft blue. "Go see your egg. That's more important than this."
He bowed, "Thank you." Then hurried after Nightslasher, who was waiting outside their hut. They walked inside and onto the stone porch, where the silver eg-
Wait, silver?
Nightslasher gasp and ran over to it. "Is there something wrong?" She cried. "Is it still okay?" Her trembling claws ran over the surface of the egg.
"Its fine." Mightyclaws put a talon on her shoulder. "Moon said this happened to her egg, right? And Darkstalker," He shivered a bit at the name, "he said that NightWing eggs turn silver in the full moons." He tilted his head to look at the moons.
Nightslasher followed his gaze. "Two full moons tonight." She looked back at the egg. "That means mind reading and future sight, right?" Mightyclaws nodded, then gasped.
"Its hatching!" He nearly yelped. Nightslasher gently scooped up the egg as the hatchling inside began to try to break the shell. A piece fell off, and a tiny talon poked out of it, still clawing at the shell. Suddenly, the egg burst into pieces in Nightslasher's arms.
Mightyclaws gaped in surprise. "What. Just happened?"
The small dragonet looked up at then with big purple curious eyes. She was black with dark purple scales on her underbelly, along with the obvious silver scales on her wings, accompanied by two silver teardrop scales right behind her eyes, a silver ring on each wrist, and several lone silver scales scattered along the end of her tail.
"Three moons, she's so cute!" Nightslasher cooed as she tickled the newborn's chin. She responded by giggling and falling over.
Mightyclaws chuckled at the sight of that, but was still worried. "How did she explode the shell anyways?" He wondered aloud.
Nightslasher thought about it, while the little dragonet squirmed off her talons and onto the balcony floor, looking for interesting items.
"What if she's an animus?" Nightslasher suddenly said.
Mightyclaws's eyes widened. "Really? But then, how?"
She tapped her head. "Its possible. My mother is the sister of Stonemover. Even though Sunny or Midnight-my mom or I didn't inherit animus powers, its still possible." She looked at Mightyclaws, who was gaping again. "What?" She asked
Mightyclaws swallowed. "No offense to her, but then she's kinda like a mini Darkstalker, right? Animus powers, mind reading and future sight." He listed the three things on his talons.
"It's fine," Nightslasher swatted at his talons. "There's another mind reader here. And she has future sight as well."
"I think Turtle and Anemone can teach her to control her powers too." Mightyclaws nodded, relaxing. "Yeah, it'll be fine." He glanced at his daughter, who was playing with some nightshade flowers growing at the side of the wall. "What about a name then?"
Nightslasher picked her up. "How about…Nightshade?"