The story of how we bonded is found below, it's a long one, but it makes me happy.
The Candidates filed slowly onto the sands, all of them nervous and
hesitant, hoping beyond hope that they'll be one of the lucky few to
Bond a dragon, and yet terrified of the disappointment of not getting
one. Their hearts pounding, they step out onto the scorching sands and
form a ring around the pile of 34 eggs. 34 eggs, 39 Candidates, that
means 5 people going home without a dragon.
A roar echoes around the immense chamber and all eyes turn to Rinmaroth
as she flutters her wings and tosses her head in an agitated manner.
Jalanoth flies in and lands besides her, enfolding her in one of his
large wings. She tries to shake loose and moves as if she's going to
pounce on those Candidates nearest her when Rinmara walks into the
chamber with a fierce glare for the angry Queen and a comforting smile
for each of the Candidates. Rinmaroth ducked back beneath her mate's
wing and glowered at the Candidates.
Just then there was a fierce Crack from the center of the sands and a
tiny red hatchling pushed his way through his shell, crying piteously.
He stared out at the Candidates, blinking his eyes and moaning as he
tried desperately to free himself from the shell. Several Candidates
rushed forward to help him, hoping this gesture would be enough to Bond
the tiny dragon, but he nipped at each hand that tried to help him,
until he had done it on his own. He struggled to right himself then
once he had his balance he stood tall, surveying everything around him.
He glanced back to where Rinmaroth was still wrapped in Jalanoth's wings
and chirped, she crooned in response and he dove head-first for Keelan,
one of the only Candidates who didn't try to help him. Surprisingly he
landed upright and stood tall before her, chirruping quietly. A smile
spread across her face as she looked into the tiny red hatchling's eyes.
"His name is Granev," she announced to no one in particular, then
muttered to herself and the hatchling, "and we'll just have to find
ourselves a big beautiful Weyr for you to grow up in!" She smiled as
she led her Bondmate out of the way.
Another big Crack sounded and everyone looked up to see a tiny black
struggling free of his shell. He moaned and wailed until finally he had
freed himself enough to look about and pin his eyes on Kvn. He squawked
loudly and Kvn rushed over and broke the rest of the shell away from
him, the tiny black squealed in glee and laid his head in Kvn's lap,
exhausted by his efforts. Kvn slowly scooped him up and removed him
from the hot sands quietly whispering, "It's alright, Jalinth, we'll go
get you some food and I'll introduce you to all your new best friends at
my site!"
Just then two more eggs started rocking violently and burst open
revealing two greens. They stumbled away from the remains of their
shells, one going to the right, the other to the left. Suddenly
everyone's eyes went wide as one of the greens stood up tall and
fluttered her wings and a voice blossomed in everyone's mind,
Greetings all! I am Grinta; the other green is Grinte. We are
empaths and can speak into the mind of anyone! she turned towards a
woman to her right, Greetings, Tobi Dawne, you are to be my
Chosen!
The other green squawked loudly and all eyes turned to her. She turned
to face a young girl to her left, her voice exploding in everyone's
heads in enthusiasm. You're my Chosen, Katie! We're going to have
so much fun together! I mean, uh, I'm not as articulate as my sister
there, but, well, I'm hungry! Let's get out of here! The little
hatchling then fluttered her wings in an agitated manner and rushed for
Katie's waiting arms.
Meanwhile several eggs had broken open to reveal tiny dragon hatchlings
all tumbling over one another, desperately wanting to approach their
Chosen but not wanting to interrupt the sisters' speech. One small blue
was bold enough to stagger forward and clutch at Molly's leg. "His name
is Osmoth!" she declared and carefully led the unsteady hatchling out of
the way. Then there were so many hatchlings grasping at the limbs of
their Chosen it was hard to tell who was bonding!
Shouts of joy echoed through the chamber until the din died down.
Tamfay Bonded Brown Torgeneth, Caitlin Bonded Bronze Jonlik, LadyIvyElf
Bonded Green Seth, DragonWolf Bonded Bronze Oriin, Sonic Bonded Green
Tmorin, Fallen Angel Bonded White Kalith, Kristen Bonded Red Embyr,
LadySoleria Bonded White Talia, Jessica Dragontamer Bonded Black
Xavienth, Chibiusa Bonded Blue Akari, Fallon Bonded White Ryu, Silverzeo
Bonded Brown Crescentith, Michelle Bonded Black Mach, Donna Bonded Blue
Xenath, AniGriffin Bonded Black Darionath, Susan Bonded Blue Ruthford,
Armain Bonded White Liana, Sarafina Bonded Red Renoth, Jen Bonded Black
Avenon, zalia14 Bonded Brown Loken, Venus Bonded Blue Krint, Micheal
Bonded Black Brinik, Niki Bonded White Kalima, Heather Bonded Red
Rossen, Gina Bonded White Kaven, Skysong Bonded Brown Tarinith.
The only eggs that remained on the sand when all the new Bondmates had
left were the gold, a bronze and an oddly shaped red. The remaining 8
Candidates all stood dancing back and forth on the hot sands. Suddenly
the bronze egg burst open and the hatchling stumbled out. He staggered
a bit then headed for the remaining Candidates. Falling down he cried
piteously and Tiglyon reached out to help him. "What? . . . You Choose
me??? Coo!!! His name is Trintoc!" he said as he helped the hatchling
to his feet and led him out the door.
Just then the gold egg started rocking violently. The large Gold stuck
her head out through the top and looked around at the remaining
Candidates. She pulled free and waddled over towards the Candidates.
She stopped a little ways away and curiously peered at each and every
one. Then she crooned low in her throat and Helaine stepped forward and
knelt before the golden hatchling. The hatchling tilted her head
towards Helaine and crooned again, falling into Helaine's lap. "She
says her name is Drigra!" Helaine exclaimed in wonder. Then she
carefully stood up and led the future queen off of the sands and all the
attention turned to the misshapen red egg as it rocked violently back
and forth. The remaining Candidates exchanged nervous glances wondering
why the little dragon was having such a hard time getting out and why
the egg was so misshapen.
Rinmara looked up at Rinmaroth who had escaped Jalanoth's embrace and
was very slowly inching towards the egg. "What's wrong with him
Rinmaroth?" she asked her dragon as the egg started to rock back and
forth more violently. "Why hasn't he broken out yet?" Rinmaroth's eyes
clouded over momentarily then a voice could be heard in everyone's mind,
They must decide which is to live before they can break free.
"You mean there are two dragons in there!?" Rinmara exclaimed in shock.
"And one of them has to die before the other can hatch!?" Rinmaroth
nodded her head sadly, There is nothing we can do to stop it.
Wren stepped forward, "We've got to do something! I'm not going to
stand by and watch a baby dragon kill its own twin!" She ran forward
and kicked the egg, creating a large hole in one side. She kicked it
again and the hole widened revealing two bewildered red dragons. Wren
reached into the shell and pulled out first one then the other of the
little red hatchlings and set them in the sand. The two of them gazed
up at her and looking from one to the other in startlement Wren cried
out, "You BOTH Choose me!? And your names are Maram and Mrang? But,
BOTH of you?" The little hatchlings looked up at her expectantly and
she led them off the hatching sands to get something to eat.
Whew!!! That was quite a hatching! I'm so glad it's finally over and
everything can get back to normalaround my site! :o) Well, everyone, I
hope you are all happy with your dragons and those of you who didn't
Bond this time may come back and try again for the next clutch! :o)
Enjoy!
--Rinmara
"It was such an exciting hatching, needless to say, I am thrilled with how everything turned out." **smile** "I realise it was fairly mean of me to ask Grinta to remain hidden from your view for so long, but I love anticipation." **laughing** "Well, here she is!"
"Isn't she beautiful, don't you just love her cute little birthmark, it looks rather like a star. She is so wonderful" **hugs Grinta** "I know only good things are going to come from our bonding." {coo}
"Unfortunately not all is well with Grinta's clutch mates. Several had been abandoned, which to a dragon, is a fate worse than death. These hatchlings put their lives into the hands of a human bond mate, and hope for the best. It is disgusting and horrible to think that the person they chose disreguarded them in such a manner. These dragons need extra special care, many of them do indeed die because of this, fortunately, all from Grinta's clutch have been saved. Grinta and I have taken one of these precious babies in. He is resting now, as usual, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind company, but be forwarned, he is in morning, and is still very frail." {Please be kind to him, we love him dearly. Should we hear that you treated him as if he were anything less then perfection... be forwarned, there will be dire consequences} "I'm sorry that we have to issue such a warning, but heed it well."
{Please sign Tobi's guestbook, it would make her, and thus me, happy.}
{If you would like to visit my sister Grinte, please feel free, and don't worry, you won't get lost trying to make your way back here, she has a link to me as well.}
To make travel easier for Grinta I aranged, along with Grinte's chosen, Katie, to provide links to eachother so our dragons could travel freely back and forth without fear of loosing thier way.
Visit Grinte's Weyr
To get information on bonding with a trinfall dragon, go to
And, please, if you do bond with a dragon, don't abandon him/her. Stability is very important. {Many of my brothers and sister were left without homes, a broken heart can never be repaired.} It hurts both Grinta and I to know that so many dragons are disreguarded in such a horrible manner. Please, be responsible.
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