Chapter Three: New Family Member
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A/N: I decided that this was going to be a two chapter fic since I couldn't think of anything. I know it's a little late but here is the final chapter of Christmas Dragons 2. Merry Christmas, guys.
Joey sighed. A full week had passed and Christmas was in a half an hour. He stared at the clock, trying to make time speed up, only ending in giving him a headache in thinking too hard. Mokuba had called saying that the pearly egg had hatched but not into what he and his brother expected. Inside the egg was a Red Eyes Black Chick, the baby version of Red Eyes. The tiny dragon was about three inches long, about a few ounces heavy but looked the same as its mother.
Niobe was very happy to hear about the hatching of the egg and waiting for the black egg on Joey's desk to hatch. The egg sat still on his desk, no sounds coming from the inside and no movement. Joey thought in the back of his mind that it might have been a dud after all but then that would break Niobe's heart. She was waiting so patiently for her offspring to hatch and if didn't, she would go a wallow in a pool of grief.
Looking back at the clock again, Joey saw that one minute had passed, one minutes closer to Christmas but one minute longer that the egg still hadn't hatched. The black egg, with the tint of white and red suddenly made a noise, like something squirming in jelly. Niobe perked her head up from the pillow and looked at the egg. A deep clicking noise came out of her throat, as if pushing what ever was in the egg to break the thin shell and show itself.
The egg show and Joey sat up quickly. He went to the desk and cupped the egg in his two hands, moving to the bed and sitting down. Niobe climbed up Joey's hands to peer at the egg she birthed. A tiny chirp, almost inaudible, came from inside the egg, followed by a crack. Joey was almost scared that it was a bone that had been broken and looked at Niobe. Her wing was bent at a funny angle, still able to fly but it wore Niobe out to go great distances. She did rely on Joey so much but he was scared that the dragon inside the shining egg would be hurt.
Something sharp flew off the egg, hitting Joey's thumb and cutting it. The teenager hissed in pain but continued to watch the egg as it shivered, spreading cracks in a spider web fasion. A tiny claw came out of the hole where the chip flew from and scratched at the air, trying to free itself.
"Hold on, I'll get you out," Joey whispered, grabbing a piece of the egg and chipping it off, putting the part on the bed before reaching for another piece. Niobe clicked her tongue at the tiny beast and nuzzled the egg, calming down the frightened creature. "A few more piece, okay?" Joey whispered, almost to himself, trying to calm down. The shell broke away easily and a head popped out, part of the egg still attached to its head. He chuckled lightly and took the piece off, nearly dropping the egg all together. The scales were wet from the inside of the egg but there was no mistake about the color.
As white as snow and as small as its sibling, a tiny Blue Eyes opened one eye, showing the human boy and dragon a deep blue. It made a pitiful cry before moving its clawed forarms to its scaled face. Something was wrong with the dragon and the two of them knew it. Joey quickly broke away the rest of the egg away from the tiny beast to see what was the matter. The wings looked alright, the tail was long, legs were thin but then again, so was Niobe's so maybe it was a female trait, that's when Joey saw it. As the baby dragon opened both eyes and blinked, Joey smiled. "A red eye and a blue eye." The baby wiped its face with its claws, growling at something as Joey grabbed a tissue from the box next to his bed. He wiped down the baby dragon, in awe that the tiny thing showed physical traits of a Red Eyes and some of a Blue Eyes.
The body mass was thinner that a Blue Eyes but thicker than a Red Eyes, the wings were as long as a Red Eyes but were as thick as a Blue Eyes. The Red Eyes that was hatched at the Kaiba manor was like Niobe, but this dragon was special. A rare cross-breed. Niobe purred and rubbed her scaled head against her offspring, clicking to the baby dragon. The baby dragon tried to chirp in return but all that came out was the little growl.
A tiny tongue came out of the baby's mouth and licked at Joey's cut, almost showing that it was sorry. Joey couldn't help but smile at the creature. It wouldn't show mental and sexual traits for another week but that was just fine. The human "grand-father" was just happy knowing that the egg had hatched into something special and healthy. He looked at the clock and smiled again. Ten minutes past midnight, meaning it was Christmas Day, a wonderful present to the world.
"A Christmas miracle." Niobe looked at her human and chirped loudly to get his attention.
Merry Christmas, Joey. The thought ran across his head and he looked around to see who had said it. He looked at his dragon whom merely nodded. Thank you.
"Niobe?" The two dragons curled up next to each other and Niobe licked her offspring before she tucked her head around the baby. "Merry Christmas to you too." He petted the black head as he watched the two dragons fall asleep. Maybe he'll figure out what that thought was in the morning…
A/N: Did I just do that? OMG! A SEQUEL! Okies, you all know what to do, REVIEW! MERRY CHRISTMAS!