CHAPTER 10
"Today we have a rather unusual situation," Kiara began. She was standing at the front of the cafeteria, speaking to the bleary students. Liara was, as always, right beside her. Ariel sat at her normal table.
"We intended to do normal courses today. However, the Evil Platypi have decided that they want to teach a course to you. They also stated that, should we refuse to let them torture you - I mean teach you, of course - they will stop guarding the dragon's eggs."
Dragon's eggs?!? Ariel thought.
"Since that would really be bad, we decided to give them a class for today. Some of you will have your normal morning classes - the others will have the normal afternoon classes." She then read off the names of half the students, who would go first. Ariel was having the "platypi student torture session" in the afternoon, which meant that she would have Liara and Kiara (the NOT-twins) give the reproduction lecture that morning.
Finishing breakfast without any further incidents, Ariel made her way back to the dorm, where she had a brief argument with Lily over Mopsie. Lily wanted him back. However, Ariel would just as soon give him to the platypi. A dog pretending to be a platypus would be extremely amusing.
Arriving at the classroom, Ariel looked around, taking in her surroundings for the first time. The room was polished wood; it was spacious, and the desks were also wood. At the front, there was a blackboard, and in front of it was a plain wooden desk and two chairs.
Kiara cleared her throat meaningfully. The classroom fell silent. "Right, now we have our lecture. Here, we have dragons." she pointed to Lanth and Kanth, who were (as usual) sitting on the desk ".and we have an egg."
Liara reached under the desk and pulled out an oblong egg. It was perhaps seven inches long and four inches wide. However, Ariel did not notice its size, but rather looked at the tye-dye multicolored patterns on it.
Liara continued the lecture. "This is not a normal egg, but rather a very rare egg. We were going to show you a normal one, but the platypi wouldn't let us take one out of the vault, and they would only let us use this. It is very close to hatching and I am worried that it may."
There was a loud cracking sound. All eyes fixed on the egg. The egg began to shudder and rock back and forth. Kanth and Lanth looked at it anxiously. The cracks widened, and the shell broke into pieces. From the shattered egg, there arose a tiny yet perfect dragon in the same bright colors as the shell.
".hatch," Liara finished.
Ariel stared at the tiny dragon, perhaps seven inches long. Apart from its beautiful and multicolored scales, she also noticed that it had . bright silver eyes.
"Lanth?" Liara said in astonishment.
The little dragon struggled to the edge of the desk, with Lanth close to one side. Launching clumsily in the air, closely followed by Lanth, who was chattering to the hatchling in a language that Ariel didn't know.
The hatchling flew a few cautious circles, then flew over the students, who watched, spellbound. The hatchling flew in front of Ariel . and landed on her desk.
"Oh, God," Kiara said. "I think he likes you. We were going to give those of you who are in the magic class dragons to care for anyway.but I think you'd better take him now, Ariel."
"Lanth," Liara said.
"Oh, I didn't tell you?" Lanth said in English. "How forgetful of me. Oh, well, that's the bell now."
Sure enough, the bell tolled. The students filed out of the room.
"Ariel," Liara and Kiara said in unison, "stay."
Ariel went up to the two elves with the dracling on her wrist. She absently stroked its head.
"You need to feed him milk," Liara instructed, still sounding stunned. "There is some in the cafeteria - just feed it to him there, that should tide him over until dinner. The platypi class isn't until one this afternoon; he will have to go with you, I suppose."
"Keep him warm," Kiara continued. "He should be with you at all times, although you can leave him alone for up to an hour if you need to. He will want to sleep in a bed, so we'll send one to your room. It should go right next to your bed. Oh, and if you sleep with any stuffed animals, you should get rid of them. He won't like them. He will always stay on your wrist, and they pick up English within a week or so. Talk to him, though, and name him. He'll just go with you everywhere."
"Um," Ariel said.
"I know it's hard," Liara said, "But you kind of have to, now. He won't take to anyone else."
"Great," Ariel muttered.
Kiara laughed.
"Take him to the cafeteria now," Kiara said.
"Okay. Thank you!" Ariel said, turning to leave.
"No problem," Liara said.
Ariel left the classroom with her dragon firmly perched on her right wrist.
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"Today we have a rather unusual situation," Kiara began. She was standing at the front of the cafeteria, speaking to the bleary students. Liara was, as always, right beside her. Ariel sat at her normal table.
"We intended to do normal courses today. However, the Evil Platypi have decided that they want to teach a course to you. They also stated that, should we refuse to let them torture you - I mean teach you, of course - they will stop guarding the dragon's eggs."
Dragon's eggs?!? Ariel thought.
"Since that would really be bad, we decided to give them a class for today. Some of you will have your normal morning classes - the others will have the normal afternoon classes." She then read off the names of half the students, who would go first. Ariel was having the "platypi student torture session" in the afternoon, which meant that she would have Liara and Kiara (the NOT-twins) give the reproduction lecture that morning.
Finishing breakfast without any further incidents, Ariel made her way back to the dorm, where she had a brief argument with Lily over Mopsie. Lily wanted him back. However, Ariel would just as soon give him to the platypi. A dog pretending to be a platypus would be extremely amusing.
Arriving at the classroom, Ariel looked around, taking in her surroundings for the first time. The room was polished wood; it was spacious, and the desks were also wood. At the front, there was a blackboard, and in front of it was a plain wooden desk and two chairs.
Kiara cleared her throat meaningfully. The classroom fell silent. "Right, now we have our lecture. Here, we have dragons." she pointed to Lanth and Kanth, who were (as usual) sitting on the desk ".and we have an egg."
Liara reached under the desk and pulled out an oblong egg. It was perhaps seven inches long and four inches wide. However, Ariel did not notice its size, but rather looked at the tye-dye multicolored patterns on it.
Liara continued the lecture. "This is not a normal egg, but rather a very rare egg. We were going to show you a normal one, but the platypi wouldn't let us take one out of the vault, and they would only let us use this. It is very close to hatching and I am worried that it may."
There was a loud cracking sound. All eyes fixed on the egg. The egg began to shudder and rock back and forth. Kanth and Lanth looked at it anxiously. The cracks widened, and the shell broke into pieces. From the shattered egg, there arose a tiny yet perfect dragon in the same bright colors as the shell.
".hatch," Liara finished.
Ariel stared at the tiny dragon, perhaps seven inches long. Apart from its beautiful and multicolored scales, she also noticed that it had . bright silver eyes.
"Lanth?" Liara said in astonishment.
The little dragon struggled to the edge of the desk, with Lanth close to one side. Launching clumsily in the air, closely followed by Lanth, who was chattering to the hatchling in a language that Ariel didn't know.
The hatchling flew a few cautious circles, then flew over the students, who watched, spellbound. The hatchling flew in front of Ariel . and landed on her desk.
"Oh, God," Kiara said. "I think he likes you. We were going to give those of you who are in the magic class dragons to care for anyway.but I think you'd better take him now, Ariel."
"Lanth," Liara said.
"Oh, I didn't tell you?" Lanth said in English. "How forgetful of me. Oh, well, that's the bell now."
Sure enough, the bell tolled. The students filed out of the room.
"Ariel," Liara and Kiara said in unison, "stay."
Ariel went up to the two elves with the dracling on her wrist. She absently stroked its head.
"You need to feed him milk," Liara instructed, still sounding stunned. "There is some in the cafeteria - just feed it to him there, that should tide him over until dinner. The platypi class isn't until one this afternoon; he will have to go with you, I suppose."
"Keep him warm," Kiara continued. "He should be with you at all times, although you can leave him alone for up to an hour if you need to. He will want to sleep in a bed, so we'll send one to your room. It should go right next to your bed. Oh, and if you sleep with any stuffed animals, you should get rid of them. He won't like them. He will always stay on your wrist, and they pick up English within a week or so. Talk to him, though, and name him. He'll just go with you everywhere."
"Um," Ariel said.
"I know it's hard," Liara said, "But you kind of have to, now. He won't take to anyone else."
"Great," Ariel muttered.
Kiara laughed.
"Take him to the cafeteria now," Kiara said.
"Okay. Thank you!" Ariel said, turning to leave.
"No problem," Liara said.
Ariel left the classroom with her dragon firmly perched on her right wrist.
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Thanks for all reviews! If you have any questions/comments, you can review or IM me at EarthEnder (I have AIM). Thank you . HERE COME THE PLATYPI! -Alexa