DISCLAIMER: I ONLY OWN KAT AND THE PLOT OF THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER AND PROBABLY CHAPTERS LATER TO COME.

The last chapter sucked so I'm going to make it my goal to make this one better. Yeah… whoot!

Kat sat at the table the next morning with a steaming plate of eggs and bacon sitting before her. Klarth, who just happened to be sitting next to her, let out a big yawn, making Kat jump. Klarth raised and eyebrow at her then ate his food with such speed that Kat was taken aback..

"Klarth you really shouldn't eat that fast, you'll make yourself ill." Mint told him.

"Aww Mint, just leave him alone. I got a killer headache and you aren't helping." Kat complained, rubbing her temples.

Mint glared at her, but didn't argue. She sat down and started to eat when kind old Fred cleared his throat.

"Klarth F. Lester and Kat. I have a special task for you. There is a mysterious egg deep in the forest and I need you to get it. Could you do that?"

"Sure thing." Kat said standing up. "Come on Klarth."

Klarth took a drink of orange juice and put on his hat. The two slipped on their shoes and headed into the forest. As they walked they noticed few animals. Kat saw one squirrel scurry up a tree and one fawn run into the shrubbery, but there were no birds singing, not ever a single cricket chirping it's annoying chirpy sound.

"Uh… don't you notice anything odd about the whole quiet thing?" Kat asked uneasily.

Klarth frowned. "Yes, it is bugging me. Do you even know what this strange egg thing is that Fred wants us to get?"

"Nope. All he said was that is was an egg, it was strange, and it was in the middle of the forest." Kat replied.

The two continued on, the continuing silence making them uneasy. Twice Kat whirled around, sure that something was following them, but when she looked there was nothing there. The third time Klarth finally stopped walking.

"Ok, now this has just got to be our nerves getting to us. There's nothing there so lets get that egg as quick as possible and lets get out of here!"

Kat liked his idea. She sprinted ahead, Klarth behind her. They came to a clearing after what seemed like an hour of wandering through the woods. In the middle, on a nest of branches and ferns was an oval shaped rock that was white with blue spots. And it was big. Bigger than what normal sized eggs are.

"Oh my god…" Klarth whispered.

"What? What is it?" Kat asked looking at the egg then at Klarth.

"When Fred told us it was a strange egg, I didn't think he'd mean a damn dragon egg!" Klarth said angrily.

"What's so bad about that?" Kat asked looking back at the black and blue egg.

"Well if we take and the mother is nearby we could be in serious trouble."

"Oh." That was enough information for Kat to know why he was mad.

Klarth walked up to the egg. With a strained sigh he bent down and carefully picked it up. "Well lets get back to the house as fast as possible."

"Can I hold it?" Kat asked slowly.

Klarth nodded, handing the egg over to Kat. "Be very careful and gentle with it though."

"Ok." Kat took the egg from Klarth, blushing as her hand brushed over his. Klarth didn't seem to notice at all.

And the forest was still dead silent.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Klarth said, taking the egg back. He grabbed his hat and put the egg in it, holding it tightly, but gently, against his chest. He started to run in the direction they came from, Kat following, her heart still beating from that on little incident.

Klarth deposited the egg in front of Fred when they got back. He nodded and got Klarth and Kat orange juice and a roll each. They ate silently until Klarth asked where Mint and Cless went to.

"They decided to explore the mountain pass while you two were gone." Fred told them, handing Klarth back his hat, which he sat in his lap.

"And might I ask why you wanted us to go after a dragon egg? Klarth asked. Kat could hear anger in his voice.

Fred sighed. "It's mother is dead. Killed by the Sylph in their rampage. She came to my house before she died, asking me to take care of her egg. It took me forever to get rid of her body after she did die. I never got the egg because I'm too weak to go get it. I thank you greatly, but I must ask you one more favor." Fred picked up the egg and handed it to Kat. "Could you care for the dragon once it hatches?"

"WHAT!? I don't know how to take care of a dragon let alone an egg!" Kat cried.

"Kat calm down. It's not that hard, really." Klarth reassured her. "I'll help you too. You just have to keep the egg warm until it hatches, then feed the baby warm milk until it gets it's meat teeth."

Kat looked down, still not quite sure. Klarth put his hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Trust me."

Later that night after supper and after everyone had gone to bed, Kat sat with a blanket over her shoulders by the fireplace, her new dragon egg in her lap. She had too much on her mind to sleep so she decided to think over a glass of water.

Kat was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't hear the floor creak as Klarth walked up to her. "You should be sleeping." He said, startling her.

"I-I know…but I can't sleep." She replied.

Klarth sat down beside her and crossed his legs. "And why not?" He asked.

Kat shrugged. "I just.. Have to much on my mind. I guess I'm just nervous about raising a dragon. I've never done it before."

"Don't worry about that. I'll help you, I already told you that. Now all you have to do is trust me."

Kat looked up at Klarth and smiled. "That won't be hard at all."

WHOoT!!! This is better than the last chapter for sure. I tried to get a little romance in this chapter, but I totally failed there. And what will happen when Klarth helps Kat raise the egg?? Dun dun dun!!!!

RnR!!!