Emma knew that it's male, and it has John's pelt/features of his dragon form, along with baby blue spikes on the back, and a spade tuft on the end of its tail, and his wings are streaked with baby blue markings. His eyes are golden amber.
Emma leaned down, nuzzling as the hatchling chirped happily, purring as he took in the scent of his mama, and Emma cleaned him off with a tongue bath, causing him to squeak in laughter and dismay.
He shakily made his first steps as Emma walked back, encouraging him as she then shifted back to human form, "That's it, come along.", and the hatchling squeaked, smelling milk from his mama, and chirped, seeming to focus for a moment before shifting into a human toddler of 12 months old, crawling.
He has thick brown hair in tufts, deep tan skin, and two bi-colored eyes; the right eye stormy gray and the left eye stormy blue, nude as he's slightly shivering, but using his inner fire to warm himself up.
He made it to Emma, his hands reaching up to her with a cry of hunger as he sat up, and Emma smiled warmly as she picked him up, holding him as she opened her covering, freeing her breast, and he squealed happily, latching almost immediately.
"So much like your father yet you got a bit of me and your dear cousin, Jim. Must be the Silver genes...", Emma chuckled, totally in love with her second son, and looked up at John, seeing that Kyle is awake, already climbing down John's shoulders, obviously curious of his brother.
"He's handsome..." John chuckled as he gently brushed the head of hair. "So, does this make him older than Kyle and all, or is Kyle the oldest since he hatched first?" John asked. It was a good question; who would be the oldest. If it was the eggs all hatching or when they were laid, that might have been easier, but Kyle's circumstances changed a lot.
Emma frowned, "Well, Kyle is technically the oldest of the children in the order of birth times, but he's also younger than his brother by a few months, through he's already as big as his brother...".
John nodded, "Must be the magic involved or something...So, my turn then?", with a smile, and Emma chuckled, "That's fair since I named Kyle myself.".
"Well, I like the sound of Liam since you have suggested it last month, and going by the ABC order, it's fun in a way. And since he's like me in dragon form with a few minor differences, I like Grayson for his middle name.", John thoughtfully spoke.
Emma tried it out, "Liam Grayson Silver.", with a glance down at her second son, "What do you think, darling?". He gave a humming purr, and Emma chuckles, "It's official then.", before seeing Kyle crawl up to her.
Kyle cooed, tilting his head, "Brother?", and Emma nodded, "That's right, this is Liam.", with a warm smile.
"Better get used to the time you have alone with him... your three siblings might be coming within the next few hours.", John joked as Kyle went wide eyed.
"More brother?", Kyle asked as Emma nodded, "Brothers and sisters perhaps.".
Kyle looked curious, "Papa, Mama love Liam like me?", and Emma smiled, reaching down to ruffle his hair, "Our hearts have room for everyone that's dear to us, so yes, we love Liam as much as you, Kyle. Same for your brothers/sisters as well.".
Kyle smiled widely, "Liam rascal too?", and John laughed heartily, "Pretty sure. You're a playful rascal, he's a stubborn rascal.".
Emma chuckled softly as Liam let go of the nip-ple, turning over in her arm to look at Kyle with a hiccup, and Emma rubbed his back, and he burped before shifting similarly into a half dragon, half human, chirping at Kyle before looking back up at Emma with a whine.
"Alright, you can play with your brother, Liam. Kyle, be careful with him, he's still learning to crawl and sooner or later, talk like you.", Emma nodded as she gently put Liam down, and Kyle nodded before bowing down into a stance that says, 'I want to play with you.'
Liam gave a half-growl, half chirp as he returned the stance back at Kyle, and soon, they are chasing each other, wrestling and pawing at each other.
"Should we be worried they're already roughhousing?", John chuckled as he looked to her.
"Just make sure they don't hurt each other... or light each other on fire and it should be fine.", Emma said as John nodded, "Yeah... don't want them to burn their hair off already.".
For the next hour, Emma and John enjoyed watching their sons play, and to their joy, Liam is now talking, but less than Kyle, perhaps getting used to it.
A few minutes later, John was the first one to hear the cracks, and he looked over to the eggs, scanning them before locking his eyes on the egg of plum purple and silver-ish blue spots.
"Emma, another one is coming!", he called to Emma who is using her tail as a toy for the boys to try to catch, and Emma looked over in surprise as the boys halt in their play. John walked over to the egg that's shaking, "It's your papa. Come on, kiddo, we're waiting for you.".
The cracks increase, breaking open here and there, and a furry paw emerges, followed by a snout, and yips sounded out, and John blinks in surprise, "Oh, my! Looks like Cleo was right. Keep going, pup.".
Other paws crack open the shell as it tips forward, and a piece of the shell pops open, revealing a silver wolf head with purple eyes, clearly 6 months old in wolf age, and John used his dragon sense of smell to realize that it's a girl.
"Oh, you're a pretty girl, pup. Here, let me get you out.", John chuckled, tipping the egg down so the pup can crawl out, and once she did, her pelt is revealed to be mostly silver with a light brown ruff, and her paws are gray.
She tilted her head at John before shifting to her human form, toddler age of 12 months old, having curly light brown hair, dark green eyes, and tan skin, crawling to him, nude, but she is having extra fur on her skin to warm her up.
"Hairy little one, isn't she?", John teased as Emma gave him a playful swat. "Be kind to our daughter... she'll learn to shave soon... just as soon as she decides she doesn't want the fur at the moment.", Emma joined in the joke as she gently nuzzled their daughter before the baby obviously wanted to drink.
"Don't have too much, little one, your unhatched siblings will still need some milk soon.", John said.
She squealed softly as she reached for Emma, and Emma picked her up before John could, and Emma held her closely, freeing her breast once again, and their daughter latched into the nipple instantly, immediately feeling secure, warm, and happy, dissolving the fur on her skin as she leaned close to her mama's body heat.
"You know, I am surprised that she has the form of a wolf pup, but I suppose it works as wolves are predators like dragons.", Emma spoke thoughtfully.
"Honestly, with the whole magical craziness we've been through and all; I don't find much surprising these days.", John admitted as he gave her a kiss. "She's so beautiful though... and I'm certain she will grow into a fine woman after so many years.".
Emma chuckled softly, "Indeed...Now my turn with her...I like the sound of Miranda...My grandmother on my father's side...For her middle name, it's Hope. Why, Kida said it. Our children are the hope of the future aside from winning the war.".
John smiled softly, "Miranda Hope Silver...That's fitting.", looking at the boys who finally reached them, looking curious and excited, "You two have a sister. Her name is Miranda.".
The two of them looked at her for a moment before Kyle gave a warm smile. "Sista!", he cried in joy out for her as she ignored her brothers, she clearly was much more focused on her feeding rather than say hi in her own way to her brothers.
Emma laughed warmly, "Don't worry, boys. She will be done soon, and then you can play with her.", rubbing Miranda's back with a fond smile, watching her feed, and Liam asked, "Name long. R-Randa?".
John chuckled softly, "If you want to call her Randa for short, go at it, boys.", and Emma nodded, "Indeed. I don't blame you for wanting to give her a nickname for her sake.", before noticing that Miranda finally let go, and she helped her to burp before Miranda blinked at her brothers, sniffing and tilting her head at the features they had.
She then shifted into half human, half wolf, yipping and whimpering as she looked up at Emma, and Emma chuckled warmly, lowering Miranda down to the nest floor, "Ask her, boys.".
Kyle smiled, chirped, bowed playfully, "Play?", and Miranda yipped, bowing playfully before pouncing at Kyle, and Liam joined in, pawing at her.
"Okay, now I think it's just normal for these kids to play and fight like that.", John chuckled. "I mean... the last two will, more than likely, be doing the same once they hatch.".
"Looks like it... still, this will be challenging for sure since they're not exactly normal. At least, nothing I ever could truly prepare for." Emma said.
"At least we get a bit of a head start with these almost all being a year old already from the looks of them.", John replied with a grin.
Emma nodded, "That's true. They must have sensed the urgency, and their magic magnitudes everything, so which is why they are already old enough to learn to be their own individuals, yet they still need us in their lives.".
John smiles, "Don't forget that in play and fight for fun, they increase their ability to defend themselves which is good for us.".
"I certainly could feel better about that.", Emma sighed in relief as she sat down. "Need me to get you a few things? Maybe hopefully give you enough of a recharge when the other two come for drinks?", John smiled as he rubbed her back.
Emma nodded with a smile, "That could be great. Some smoked meat for me and see if you can find bananas and peaches. Like you said, they're like 1 year old, so it's time for the new ones to learn how to eat solid foods between drinks like Kyle has been doing.".
Emma then tilted a hand, and a portal appeared before them, and John kissed her warmly before leaping. Liam and Miranda, never having seen a portal before, was about to trail after John when Kyle grabbed ahold of them with his mouth, grabbing their tails, his voice muffled, "Papa goes, us not allowed!".
"Smart lad... May be the runt but sharp as a blade.", John chuckled as he headed out. "Don't worry you three, you get to stay with Mama for the time being... we'll wait for Papa and your other siblings to come.", Emma smiled.
Miranda whined, "Mama!", looking frustrated, and Emma chuckled, "Now I know that you're the determined rascal, Miranda.", before relaxing back on the pelts with a smile as the boys then distracted Miranda again with playtime.
It was a few hours before John finally came back with what Emma asked for as well as what he thought they needed. "Hey there, any more of them hatch while I was gone?", John asked her.
Emma shook her head, "Nope. I think they were waiting for their papa like the rest of us.", with a smile before grabbing the plate of smoked meat, "Why don't you teach Liam and Miranda how to eat with those cut bananas and peaches, while I eat?".
John nodded with a chuckle, "As you wish, luv.", before walking over to the slumbering children who is practically in a pile, almost top of each other, becoming tired in the past hour.
John started to do just that while making sure that the children were watching him, so they knew exactly what they needed to do in the future. The trio practically couldn't look away in terms of watching.
About 20 minutes later, Liam and Miranda succeeded in eating the bananas and peaches, though they were obviously in love with drinking Emma's milk for sure.
Kyle was sure glad that he got one over his brother and sister in matters of eating and drinking, but he's still the same as Liam and Miranda in a way.
After all of that, they are now playing with John as he surrendered to their whims, glad that his cyborg parts didn't deter them at all while Emma watched after finishing up her meal, and took a ladle of water from the tub, drinking when she caught a sound.
She looked over to see the second to last egg, the one of dark red with thin black lines cracking, and she gasped out, "Finally!", running to the egg, "Come on, little one, you can do it!", earning John and the trio of children's attention.
The trio all got close, though not too close as John had to pull Miranda back. She might be a bit too curious for her own good, John thought to himself as they all watched the egg continue to hatch. The young life that was in it was trying desperately to get out and be free of its hard surroundings that it knew for so long.
Emma laughed, "That's it, keep going.", as the egg seemed to spin and rock, the cracks increasing more and more before it finally fell, breaking the egg open.
Eventually, the egg cracked apart to reveal the tiny life that was inside of it. This one was a little lion cub that had a very faint dark red mane that was just barely growing and a black body with practically glowing green eyes. The young cub was obviously a male with the very short mane as he started mewing.
He then quickly shifted to human... deep red hair on his head, the same green eyes as when he was a cub and a very deep tan, even deeper than his sister.
Emma smiled widely, "Oh, look at you! You truly got my father's hair! And your eyes are your papa's, same thing for your skin, through it's a bit darker.", picking him up as he squealed and cried, reaching for her.
She kissed his forehead, shushing him as she opened up her covering, freeing her breast, and her third son latched onto the nipple instantly, "And of course, you got my nose and smile.", seeing him smiling with a purr as he enjoyed the warm milk.
John joined her, smiling softly, "He's definitely got your genes, yet he got a bit of mine.", caressing the hair on his head, and Emma chuckled softly, "Dad will be surprised if he knew that his grandson got his hair color. Your turn to name him, love.", noticing the trio of children peeking around John, looking at their new brother.
Liam sniffed, and asked, "Why brother smell like mama and sister?", and John blinks in confusion, "What are you talking about, lad?".
Emma shifted slightly, smelling her third son, and widened her eyes, "He's right. Our son is intersex, having both male and female reproductive systems.", looking up at John.
"Oh...", John was honestly surprised to hear that. The odds of having a child that was intersex was quite rare; though not impossible. Still, it was quite the pleasant surprise and didn't change how much they cared for their newborn. "Well, I guess naming is going to be tricky. Unless you're thinking of a more gender-neutral sort of name...".
"Like Ashley? That can go either way easy... in fact, it used to be more of a boy's name from where I come from a few decades before my birth.", Emma said.
John nodded lightly, "I suppose that would work...That would be his middle name. I like the sound of Jared for his first name.", and Emma blinked thoughtfully, "Jared Ashley Silver. What do you think, kids?", with a smile at the trio of siblings before her and the little boy in her arms, still suckling.
"I think they like it... I don't know if they understand half the words they say though.", John laughed as the toddlers laughed with him, not fully getting what he was saying.
Emma chuckled, "True, but they learn fast. Sooner or later, they will understand.", before smiling as Jared gives out a mew-coo as he lets go of the nipple, and Emma pats his back, hearing a burp.
Jared looks at his siblings with a tilt of his head, and Kyle props his hands up on Emma's knee, "Wanna play?", and Jared shyly ducks his head, looking up at Emma.
"It's okay, darling, he may be a bit much unlike the others, but he means well.", Emma smiles reassuringly, ruffling his hair, and Jared blinks, sensing that his mother wants him to try, and he then looks at Kyle before shifting into half lion cub, half human, and literally jumps out of Emma's arms, pouncing at Kyle, causing them to tumble into the fur pelt floor, pawing and trying to pin each other.