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Chapter 6

Almost Grown

Looking up into the sky as she watched her almost grown grey fly, Zephyr couldn't keep the smirk off her face. As Sylexion wheeled, back-winged, turned on his wing-tip, and preformed a variety of other aerial tricks, Zephyr couldn't help but wonder how he had grown so fast.

It seemed like only yesterday that he had been just a little grey ball of scales that cuddled up to her at night, and now he was a sleek, almost fully grown grey dragon, and a very good flyer. He and Alexis were so competitive, both wanting to be the better flyer.

She looked down momentarily at what she was meant to be doing. The long piece of wood in her hands was slowly starting to look like a bow, and hopefully would work better than her other attempts. Until she had enough adult dragons to protect their cave and have more to go hunting, providing food was all up to her. And fish was starting to get old.

She looked over to the side as she heard the water being disturbed, and watched as Echo raised her elegant head out of the water. The water dragon was now fully grown, and had become quite good company.

"How are you Echo?"

Fine Zeph. How is the wood thing going this time? The blue serpent tilted her head to get a better look at the wood in her mistress's hands.

"Better. I think I'm getting the hang of it." She smiled "How are the fish today?"

There are a large amount of trout in the lake, coming from one of the other rivers. I think it is almost spawning season, so we will have to switch to another species till they are finished. Echo snorted. I dislike the taste of roe.

Zephyr giggled, and placed a hand on Echo's snout. "Tell me how you got so big again, when your so picky?"

Echo was big. She had grown from the size of a small snake to.. well, Zephyr had no idea how big. She was always underwater, and Zephyr hadn't seen her entire length for a while. But her head alone was over a meter and a half long.

I grew so big because all water dragons are big. Echo sounded very smug. Unlike humans, most dragons grow very large.

"Oh shush, I'm perfectly fine being small!" She gave Echo a playful whack on the snout, before going back to her bow.

Have any of the eggs hatched yet? Echo laid her head down beside Zephyr.

"Yes, the orange one, the one that was giving off the odd aura, hatched yesterday. It is so cute, but its eyes give off that same glow as the egg did."

If there is a new hatchling, why are you out here?

"Because it keeps making the wood shavings float in the air. And pebbles too, it was getting a bit annoying."

Both looked up as Sylexion landed a few meters behind Zephyr and began walking to her rock.

I think the hatching is a Magi like that lazybones in the village is

Zephyr reached out and gave him a scratch under his chin.

"From its colour and annoying... talents..., I think so too Sylexie"

Zephyr was suddenly butted from the other side.

"Oh come on! I cant give everyone scratches at the same time Echo!"

She giggled and started scratching Echo above the eye ridge.

That evening, Zephyr was leaned back against Sylexion, next to the nest, and covered in hatchlings yet again.

As well as having one adult and two almost adult dragons in the cave with her, Zephyr had another grey hatchling, the size of a large dog, curled at her side, and the magi hatchling curled up on her lap.

In the nest, the glowing egg, which was covered in thin cracks, was casting a soft glow over them. The other eggs in the nest, a clean white egg, and two yellow and green striped eggs, were cuddled under blankets, keeping out the cool night air.

From what she had learned while studding to become a tender, she guessed, and hoped, that the white egg was that of a white dragon. They were healers, and that would come in handy. Zephyr was already covered in scrapes, cuts and bruises from caring for her hatchlings, and was sure that she had only gotten off lightly. The hatchlings didn't know their own strength, and didn't realise that their claws were so sharp. She could have gotten much, much worse.

The glowing egg was more of a mystery. She had no idea what kind of dragon would come out, but she was sure it would be a pretty one. The two others though... there were to many dragons that came from green eggs, or green and yellow eggs, so she had no idea.

As she nodded off to sleep, her eyes gazed over her growing clan of dragons. They would we her companions for the rest of her life, she was going to make sure they had the best lives possible. And maybe, they would one day become a well know, respected clan of dragons that everyone knew of. One day...

Zephyr was soon asleep, dreaming of things to come.

Short chapter, i know.

Hope you enjoyed it tho.