AN: sorry this took a while just a quick one there is another AN at the bottom of the page AFTER reading this chapter please read it it's important thanks and enjoy :) R+R
How do you like your eggs?
As much as Merlin loved the rare chances he got to fly on Kilgharrah there were disadvantages the biggest of all, saddle sore, even though there was no saddle he was still sore which is why you can imagine his relief when he felt Kilgharrah pitch and head down back to earth to land on a large ledge high up a mountain.
"Thank the old religion" Merlin exclaimed as he lept from the dragon's back immediately stretching his pained legs "I thought I'd start to bleed"
Kilgharrah simple chuckled in his deep tenor "Come young warlock and I will show you the eggs"
Merlin immediately ran after his old friend who was heading towards a deep cave Merlin had missed upon landing.
As they travelled deeper into the cave Merlin had to cast an orb of light, not dissimilar to the one he had used to help Arthur, so he could see he realised that instead of that uncomfortable dread he usually felt when in dark places, this place had a warm welcoming feeling although he thought that if someone came here with evil intent they wouldn't feel so at peace.
"How deep does this place go?" Merlin's voice echoed around the tunnel "it's almost as deep as your old prison my friend"
"Yes, but you must remember the dragons of old may have attempted to leave a dragon here with the eggs as there guardian he or she would've needed the space, and don't worry young warlock not much further"
After walking about another hundred feet or so the tunnel opened up into a vast cavern Merlin released his orb so that it floated towards the centre and illuminated the most beautiful objects he'd ever seen.
The five eggs were each on pedestals in a line they were all pure white and each had a hint of colour which faded from the bottom into the white Merlin stared in awe as he felt the most pure and beautiful magic roll off the eggs.
Merlin felt like he could be content to simply be in the eggs presence for eternity but was brought out of his trance by the ancient dragon next to him.
"It is time young dragonlord" Kilgharrah looked down at Merlin with a look of pure peace
"What do I do?" Merlin questioned
"Call on them to hatch" was the only reply he received.
Initially Merlin was very confused but then he heard his father's voice, like he had the day he first faced Kilgharrah as a dragonlord and it told him to name the unhatched dragons.
He walked towards them, slowly afraid to break the continual hum of magic when he reached the first egg he placed his hands on the ring of colour this one a pale blue, he felt an ancient power within him and saw a name in his mind "Falkor"
His voice sounded like it did when he spoke in the dragon tongue but softer almost coaxing as the egg shell began to crack and the blue hatchlings tiny head popped up the way it tilted it's head would have been comical but Merlin was too distracted by the new presence the seemingly emanating from the hatchling in his mind Merlin was in awe.
After staring at the new addition to the old religion Merlin moved on to repeat the process on the red tinted egg "Fafnir" he like Falkor was a boy but Merlin really wasn't worried about this all he could think about was 'two more dragons'.
The next egg was tinted green Merlin had by now worked out that this meant the dragon would be green "Ketu". A female a female Merlin was ecstatic this was more than they could have possible hoped for.
The next egg had a ring of black "Apep" Merlin new that this little girl would be very adventurous.
As the four new editions to the dragon race were exploring Kilgharrah's giant form Merlin came to the last egg this one was slightly smaller than the others and tinted gold "Katla" Merlin felt a stronger connection to her then the others her deep gold hide captivated him and he knew she would be important.
AN: hope you enjoyed this chapter as usual the next will be posted by the latest next Saturday about the names they don't have meaning in the dragon tongue sorry about that they are also names taken from dragons in literature I didn't make them up here is the disclaimer
Dragon names
1) Katla –girl- A fictional female dragon from the Swedish children's book. By Astrid Lindgren
2) Falkor –boy -the luck dragon, in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3) Fafnir –boy -famous dragon from Norse mythology
4) Ketu –girl- from rainbow serpent goddess from aboriginal mythology
5) Apep –girl -famous dragon from Egyptian mythology; serpent that chases Ra