Dragon's Hope
By Maylgos's Consort
We walked into the room and I was immediatly blasted with a bone chilling air. 'I thought when I entered I would be out of the cold for at least a few days...'
I think you forget we share thoughts now. Came the irratated trail of thoughts from Deathwing. I rolled my eyes.
"You there!" Saphrigos yelled to a near by Dragonspawn. She waddled over and bent her head down in a submissive manor, again I rolled my eyes. "Unlock Keristrasza from her prison." She ran off towards the corners of the room.
I had been too distracted to take in the glow of the room. It had large vents in the ceiling that aloud chilled air from the outer reaches of Coldara to enter and chill the room. Large blue runes decorated the four exits to the room. I assumed they held the frost in and the heat out. But thats not what caught my eye at the moment. I stared into the large formation of ice crystals in the middle of the chamber. Though it was colder near it, I walked forward to peer into the dark ice. Saphrigos stepped back to allow me to do so. I could only see the outline of a large figure in the ice.
"My Lord? May I release the last gem?" The Dragonspawn spoke and startled me. Dark laughter echoed through my mind as I jumped. I looked at Saphrigos, to find him looking at me. He nodded and I looked back, still feeling his eyes burning through the thickest scales on my back. As I felt the magic in the room dissipate, I looked closer into the ice. I saw gleaming blue eyes staring out. I stepped back surprised. The ice began to tremble and melt as the magic rapidly increased the ices temperature. Began to dot the large figure inside, and I could see the eyes surveying their surroundings. Finally, the ice was busted into a thousand tiny shards as the Dragoness burst out of it. I tried to quickly cover my head with my wings, but I was still hit several times and some of the ice stuck in the weak skin around my eyes and nose.
"Why have you summoned me? I am not ready to lay my clutch yet." The Red Dragoness stepped past me and towards Saphrigos. "Malygos promised me peace until the clutch was ready." Her blue eyes flared with annoyance at the Blue Dragon.
"You are to become a watcher of the new dragoness." Saphrigos walked over to me and raised his wing as a gesture. I looked up weakly trying to make sure my eyes weren't impaled.
"A black dragoness? Thats a new one. I guess I've been promoted from Whelp Watcher." She walked over to me. "Hello young one. What is your name?"
"Neria." I said quietly, forgetting about my earlier courage. I shook my head to remove loose shards.
"Ah it seems you are just like me." She glanced between me and my stomach.
'Is it that noticeably?' I stepped back shocked she had noticed. "W-what ever do you mean?" I began to panic. Would I be killed if I was found with Deathwing's egg?
"What is it Keristrasza? How is she like you?" Saphrigos began to circle me sniffing me every now and again.
"She has...." I gave her a pleading glance, "Blue eyes like mine. Except hers are natural." She nodded at me faintly.
"Oh, well any fool could of seen that. I thought it would have been something Maylgos was interested in. Speaking of which, I need to report to the Eye of Eternity." He walked off with his wings held high.
When he was far enough away I sighed and laid on my stomach, my wings wrapped around me. I felt a tail wrap around me, I looked up to see Keristrasza looking down at me. "He doesn't know yet?" She asked.
"Who doesn't know what?" I asked meaning it.
"Saphrigos doesn't know your expecting his eggs?" She leaned down and whispered.
"What!?!" I roared out immediately standing. "This is not his egg." I stepped back and tapped my stomach with my tail.
"Who's the father then?" She walked towards me. "He's going to find out soon enough, you look only a few weeks away from laying."
"I... Its hard to explain who the father is. I'm not real sure who it is really..."
"Ah, more then one mighty drake in your life." I looked up to see her grinning at me. "So you said your only having one?"
"Er...ummm yes. One egg." I looked away again. 'I hope its only one. "How can I only be a few weeks away?"
"Well it seems like if your having one egg only that it might be less. Possibly one week, not a few." She bent her head down to look at my stomach.
"How come Saphrigos didn't notice? Nor Maylgos?" I asked another question.
'Aren't you a knowledge seeker?' Deathwing whispered into my mind.
"Its more of a female thing to notice pregnancy. Males don't normally take notice in females and eggs." She began to walk towards an exit. "Care to explore the temple?"
"Sure." I walked away with my head, tail and wings drooping. 'I can't lay this egg. All of Azeroth might depend on its death.' I winced at the fact I might have to kill an innocent Whelpling because of the path of destruction it's father laid out for it.
Deep Within Grim Batol
"My lord, Satharion has fallen. The plans for an attack from the Obsidian Sanctum have been all but abandoned." The female human kneeled in her black armor, her long hair covering her face. "I am afraid that we have lost Tenebron and the other Twilight Drakes."
"This is unacceptable Nalice." The man wore a Black set of plate armor, the hand grips and feet were adorned with dragon nails and teeth. His black helmet was shaped like a dragons head, its eyes were made of the darkest rubies. It also had dragons teeth in the mouth area. He sat on the dragon bone throne with his head balanced on his left hand. Even with the helmet hiding most of his face, you could see the molten yellow eyes that burned through the darkest night. "We will concentrate on our efforts in the Ruby Sanctum. Does Alexstrasza hint at knowing anything?" He stood and walked towards Nalice's image, his black cape flowed behind him. The ragged edges dragged along the floor.
"She has not my Lord, she is concentrating on Malygos's efforts to claim the Ley Lines." She raised her head and looked at Deathwing. "She has no idea we will where the eggs of the Red are."
"And the other aspects?" He was looking at other images projected throughout his throne room, mainly a blue eyed female. Nalice frowned deeper at the image. The Dragoness was absolutely gorgeous, her scales shone a deep black and her eyes only complimented her thin frame.
"Nalice report!" Deathwing turned towards her, his fists clenched. She hid her head in shame as she reported.
"N-nozdormu is supposedly corrupted by the Infinite Dragonflight, rumors say even the possible leader. Ysera is being corrupted in the Emerald Dream as well. She grows weaker everyday. Malygos is busy with the Ley Lines as always my Lord."
"Good, that is all." He waved his hand and turned back towards the black dragoness. She was his to command if he could tempt her with power. The egg and her were his most powerful weapons in his aresenal, maybe even greater then Halion.
The Eye of Eternity
Malygos had taken longer to get back then he wanted. He had stopped and confronted Alexstrasza at the Temple. He had come peacfully requesting he join her, Krasus had grown tense when she took nearly a minute to decide, she of course said no. Normally he would of struck out at her, but he knew better then to attack her near her mate and the other Flights repressentatives. The gnome, Chromie had given him sad glances. He didn't need his pity. Everyone gave the flight pity, saying they had gone mad after the Great Sundering. He hadn't gone mad. It had helped him see the pain the Ley Lines were taking from the users of magic, including Krasus. He and the Six of Dalaran were destroying the only soucre of power he had.
When he had returned he found Saphrigos alone and waiting in the Eye of Eternity. He landed behind him silently and walked towards him. "Don't tell me you lost the Dragoness Saphrigos." He growled, causing the slightly smaller male to jump in fright.
"No my lord, she is with Keristrasza. I thought you would want me to report to you immediatly on a succesful capture." He nodded his head in respect as Malygos watched the Stars of the Ley Lines in the arcane realm.
"Very good Saphrigos, this is why you are my second in command. You get missions done the first time." He flew into the air and converted some of the Ley Line energy into his own energy.
"Should I continue to watch her, Spellweaver?" Saphrigos yelled from the ground where he was walking towards a portal he had opened, leading to the Crystallized Garden in the Nexus.
"Yes, but don't let her know."
"I will make sure Keristrasza doesn't even notice." He grinned, he would be able to follow the females around. 'Excellent.' Like most males he enjoyed watched females just stand or walk around.