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Brian sat and looked at the egg for a while after Casey left. He wonderd where Jake was, so he grabed the rock and went to go look for him. He found him by an old tire, looking at a large red rock, much like the ones he and Casey found. "Hey! I just found a wierd rock just like that!" he said standing behind Jake.

He looked down at the rock in his hand and suddenly wanted to go home."Hey Jake, You wanna come kick it with me at my house?" he asked, not wanting to be alone.

Jake took a while to answer, he was too busy staring at the red stone, and the thin black markings. He quickly shook his head to clear his thoughts and looked up at Brian. "Huh? Oh, sure." He replied, taking off his jacket and wrapping it around the red stone. He then picked up the jacket, the stone now inside and safe from any unwanted attention. "I'll just take this home first. I won't be long, since I don't live too far from your place." He said then stood up, dusted the dirt from his knees, and ran out from the junkyard and straight to his home. Once there, he discovered that his father was home. "Hey dad." He said quickly, then ran to his room. "Hey Ja--" His father began, but stopped when he realised that Jake was no longer in the room. "Kids.." He mumbled.

Jake quickly closed his door and placed his jacket on his bed. He unwrapped his jacket and gazed at the stone. "Wow." He whispered. He was startled when a sound came from the stone, then it started to crack. 'What the..' Thought Jake. The stone gave one final noise, and then broke completely as a small red lizard with wings tumbled out. The lizard was a crimson red just like the stone, and his neck, chest and tail were black as well as the wing membrane. "Not a stone..An egg. A dragon egg." Muttered Jake. The dragon hatchling gave a loud cry at Jake and then nuzzled into the jacket. It cooed softly, gazing up at him with cute, carmine eyes. Jake smiled then reached out a hand to the small dragon and the dragon unhesitantly pushed its muzzle into his palm playfully.

A flash of light, followed by a burning sensation in his hand, Jake found himself lying on the floor. He lifted his hand and gazed at the silver marking. 'How..How did that happen? I'm going to have to keep this hidden from dad.' Thought Jake. The dragon stared at him innocently, as if unaware of what had just happened. Jake put on a pair of gloves to hide the silver spiral on his palm. "I'm going to have to take you to Brian's with me. I can't have dad coming in here and seeing you." Said Jake, lifting the small creature up and attempting to put it in his backpack. But the dragon dug its claws into his clothing and nuzzled its head against him, not wanting to go in the bag. Jake sighed, then an idea came to him. He put on his jacket, the dragon hidden underneath. Surely no-one would notice the strange bump in his jacket.

Jake headed out the door, the dragon hidden underneath his jacket. Then he started to head to Brian's place.

"Okay, see you when you get to my house." Brain said as he looked down at the goldish yellow rock inn his hands. He watched Jake walk away with the crimson egg. 'How strange' he thought 'what are the odds that all tree of us would find these strange rocks?' He decided that it was probably just a coincidence, and that he should start getting home so that he was there before Jake.

Brian got to his house and fumbled in his pocket for his keys. He unlocked the door and walked inside, closing the door behind him. He walked into his kitchen and put the stone on the counter. He walked into the pantry when he heard a loud crack. Brian took a step back and looked out the pantry at the rock. The rock had a large crack in it and he could see a small, yellow eye peeking through."Woah!" he said. The creature inside, what Brian now guessed would now be an egg, hit the top of where th eegg was cracked, and rolled out.

Brian stood and looked at the little creature in astonashment. What he saw before him was a small goldish yellow dragon with dark yellow wing membrane. It was cute and somwhat goofy looking for a dragon, but Brian thought all babys looked goofy. He took a step tword the small reptile, which seemed incredibly enthusiastic, and put his hand out. The little winged beast put her nose in his hand, and as soon as she did so, Brian got an electric shock through his arm. "Ouch!!" he said looking down at his hand. He saw a dark grey marking on his palm that had apperantly come from touching the little dragon.

Casey found herself lying on the couch in an awkward position, the tiny dragon peering at her with an almost amused gaze. She absently rubbed it's head with her fingertips...then noticed a flash of silver. Intrigue filled her as she stared at her palm; a unique, silver spiral was now there. She reached into her pocket, where her glives where, and pulled them on. Undoubtedly she would be questioned for that too.

Staring at the tiny dragon, Casey wondering what had just happened. An odd mark on her palm, a dragon egg...this was starting to sound almost like a movie. Shaking her head in what could be interpreted as disbelief, she gathered the dragon up into the crook of her elbow. It seemed content there, and let out an almost cat-like purr, the tip of it's tail resting on it's nose.

Casey covered it with a tiny towel; at least now people wouldn't see a mythical creature. With that, she headed quickly outside, back into the brisk autumn air. Her teeth chattering, she made it to Brian's house, silently wishing she ahd put on at least a sweater. She knocked on the door with cold fingers, praying he would answer it soon. The dragon hatchling was beginning to get restless, and would soon peek out from underneath the towel. She coudl at least trust Brian to keep it a secret, and Jake was sure to come by later.

They had found eggs too, after all.

Jake finally reached Brian's house, and noticed that Casey was there too. "Hey Casey." He said then looked down at the towel. "I assume yours hatched as well?" He asked as his red dragon poked its head through the top of his jumper, placing its head just underneath Jake's chin. "Weird, huh? All three of us find dragon eggs." He added, pushing the red dragon back into his jumper. "Stay. Until we get in the house, don't show yourself." He whispered to the hatchling.

ooc: Writers block

The green dragon perked up at the voice of Jake, and poked it's head out from underneath the towel.
Casey sighed, stroking it's head with her fingertips once again. "Weird? A bit of an understatement, don't you think?" she managed a grin, leaning against the unopened door. "It feels like I've stepped into a movie, you know? Dragons aren't supposed to exist."

The dragon hatchling let out a small noise, as if protesting the fact that they did exist. "I think this little guy may have an attitude..." she added, in a half-hearted attempt to lighten the mood.

Brian heard the faint sound of voices outside his house and figured it was Casey and Jake. "Stay!" he commanded the dragon, who was siting on the counter still. He walked to the door and opened it. "get in here guys! Its cold as heck out there!" he said ushering them in. He noticed both of them were holding things roughly about the same size as his new dragon and figured thats what they had.

He closed the door behind his two friends and headed to the kitchen. He looked over at the dragon on the counter. "Just put them on the counter guys" he said refering to the dragons. He looked at the clock. It read 3:45pm, they had about three hours befor his mom got home. "you guys hungry?" he said heading back into the pantry.

"Not really," Casey said, shaking her head. "But I think this little guy might want some meat or something."

Female, the dragon corrected.

Casey couldn't help it; when the thought touched her mind, she screamed again, staring at the dragon with wild eyes. "Call me crazy but I think the dragon just spoke in my mind," she said hoarsely, setting the tiny hatchling down on the counter.

You don't have to scream, the thought came, sounding slightly irritated.

Casey clutched her head, closing her eyes in an effort to calm herself down. "I am not going crazy, I am not going crazy..." she repeated over and over again, her new personal mantra.

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Ooc:// As I said before, alot of the processes will be sped up. This includes mental communication (duh) and the age that they can fly.

Jake entered the house with Casey and set his dragon down on the counter. "No thanks." He replied.

'Hey, I was comfortable in there!' Said the red dragon via thought.

Jake almost went pale. "I can hear my dragon's thoughts too. And I could..Also hear your dragon's." He said to Casey (Dragon riders can hear the thoughts of other riders' dragons, it says in the book that Brom can hear the thoughts of Saphira). "This is all so strange." He said.

'Strange? What's strange?'

"Okay" Brian said, getting a large steak from the fridge"this should be enough for them to share"

"Im awefully hungry though..." thought the little yellow dragon.

"Wow, I guess its a dragon thing...Mine did too..." said Brian chuckling about how panicked Casey got.

OOC: When would you suggest I join in? When they take their first flight? Or... do you have another idea? I think I know how to get them to find out about him.... but I wanna know whhen you think I should bring in Damian again.

Ooc:// Any time now would be fine. I just wanted their dragons to hatch first, and communicate with them.

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"Why aren't you guys freaking out? This isn't natural," Casey stressed. [color=#800000]"Dragons aren't even supposed to be real."

Not real indeed, the dragon thought, a small sniff accompanying the words.

Casey stared at the dragon with an icy gaze. "I would appreciate it if you could stay out of this," she said heatedly. She pressed her fingers into her temples, trying to dissuade the headache that she had just gained. Are all three of us going crazy? she wondered.

Do you think you're going crazy? the dragon asked, staring at her with deep, inquisitive eyes.

Casey paused as she considered whether this was a valid question, or a snide comment. Finally, she decided repition was the way to reply. "I thought I said to stay out of this," she said, pointedly shooting another glare at the tiny dragon.

OOC: Sounds good.

Cyclone's head immediately shot up from the small pile of meat. Damian turned and tilted his head.
Something wrong, boy?
Cyclone nodded slightly. There are other dragons...
Damian's face was suddenly one of shock. Other dragons? Are you serious? Here? In this town? Why all of a sudden now?
Cyclone shook his head. I'm not sure... but I sense their presence... They are in this town, but.... the voice trailed off.
Damian thought about it for a minute. His eyes suddenly became bloodshot as a shocking realization came to him. Right before I left... that girl and her two friends were planning on going to the woods... he thought. He didn't mean it to talk to his trusty dragon, but the large creature could hear the thoughts either way. Hey, Cyclone! Now, he directed it towards his 'pet'. The dragon merely turned his eyes to face his trainer. Damian's eyes locked with his. Were they eggs? Were they found in the woods?
Cyclone's eyes moved towards the ceiling, then towards the two walls, then back at Damian. They were eggs, being that their aura just came out of no where, but... whether they were found in the woods? I don't really have a way of knowing...

With that information, Damian had but one thing left to 'say' before rushing out the door. Only one way to find out... He quickly bolted out and headed anywhere close to the forest. He figured it'd be best to look at the houses near there. It took him almost half an hour before he finally passed a house that had peculiar shapes when you glanced through the window.

His eyes recognized the shapes on the table as baby dragons. He put his hands on the glass, wanting a closer look. Without realizing, he had put both hands on the window. This meant that his right hand, the one with the trademark dragon trainer spiral mark, was facing the inside of the house.

When he cracked a stick with just a single step, though, he gritted his teeth in a nervous action. He knew if he didn't high tail it out of there right this second, they'd turn around and spot them. It was just this moment that he realized his marked palm was on the window. "Oh god..." he muttered, then began walking as fast as he could away from the house, almost praying that the group hadn't seen him. So they're the ones who got the dragons... this ought to be interesting from here on out... he thought.

Jake stared down at his dragon. "I don't know why I'm not freaking out. It just seems like I've known this little guy for a long time, and we're the best of friends or something." Replied Jake.

It's called a bond, genius. Said the small red and black dragon. He stretched his wings a few times then settled back onto the counter. You three two-leggers are now dragon riders. Each of you have a bond with your dragon.

"Thats..Fascinating." Said Jake. Then something occured to him. "We'll need to give our dragons names." He told them. He stared down at the little red and black dragon, trying to think of a suitable name. Finally after a while, a name popped into his head. "Scythe." He said down at the red dragon. "I'll call you Scythe."

Scythe seemed to like this name, as he hummed with satisfaction. He looked over at the other two young dragons with a smug look as if he were about to say 'haha, I got a name and you don't!'


OOC: I know you said 'No magic or mention of Alagaesia' but could the characters have the 'Skublakas Ven' ability? It's technically not magic, because Skublakas Ven is only a phrase used to describe when a rider sees through his/her dragon's eyes. We don't even have to call it 'Skublakas Ven' , we could simply call it 'seeing through your dragons eyes' and then we wouldn't even have to mention Alagaesia or the Ancient Language.

Ooc:// Sounds good to me. And as a side note, italics and colors are not working right today.

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Casey looked where the snapping sound had come from in time to see a flash of silver, and a quickly retreating Damian. Blinking, she looked at Jake. "I think that was Damian..." she said uncertainly.

It was after the green hatchling had nudged her that she heard Jake`s words. "Name`s would be a good idea," she agreed, a small, short nod accompanying the words.She turned her head to look at the green dragon.

`How about Kaya?` Casey mentally suggested. Her words were met by a hasty shake of the head.
`Erm...Treya?' This was also met by her shaking her head.
`Jenta?` Casey suggested, her creative juices beginning to dry. To her surprise and delight, this was met by a low hum of satisfaction.

Casey exhaled lightly, rubbing her fingertips over the newly named Jenta`s head.