A Momentary Change of Heart
Dragonsfall Weyr
Amber Hills Hold
Vintner Hall
Healer Hall
Hidden Meadows
Dolphin Cove Weyr
Dolphin Hall
Emerald Falls Hold
Harper Hall
Printer Hall
Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: Cali
Date Posted: 18th January 2009
Characters: F'gol
Description: Figol unexpectedly Impresses when he sneaks onto the sands.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 13, day 23 of Turn 4
When word that the Hatching was imminent, classes had been dismissed. Journeymen and Masters were going to attend, and several of the apprentices were also candidates and they had to get into their robes and onto the sands. Figol was with Jestyn when the announcement came and he wished his friend good luck before the boy ran off. Figol wasn't going to be idle however, his first approved, finished, and polished composition was going to be performed at the Hatching Feast and he had to get ready.
Figol was tuning his gitar when he heard the first of the cheers coming from the hatching grounds. He realized that the candidates must have come onto the sands. He thought of Sheste, who still wasn't talking to him, and he wondered if she'd get her wish of Impressing. There was a gold egg on the sands, and with her temper, she'd make quite an _interesting_ goldrider.
He placed his gitar in it's case and left it on the platform, following the murmurs of the crowd towards the hatching ground entrance. He'd been there before, getting to attend a hatching with his friend Aletta, but he'd been in the stands then. From the floor, looking up at the rows and rows of people seated above him, it was a little unnerving. He stayed in the shadows, pressed up against a wall, as he inched his way onto the sands. He just wanted to get a peek, to watch for a minute, and maybe he would see Sheste and Jestyn Impress.
Standing with a cluster of girls was Sheste, they were all eying the gold egg eagerly, and not far away was Jestyn with the boys. Some were very young he realized, but most were older, the call for such types obviously being filled. He saw the first egg split and a little bronze dragonet fall out onto the sands. It didn't take long until it had found it's partner and the first Impression was made.
After that they all started hatching so rapidly, a green, a blue, another green... all heading for their lifemates without hesitation. As he watched, he felt an ache in his chest. Their expressions of joy and elation, of hope fullfilled; it made him feel of moment of jealousy. They would never again be alone like he was, they would always have someone who would be there for them, accept them, and love them unconditionally.
He imagined it for a moment, _wanted_ it in that moment, what it would be like to have a dragon to talk to, to know what was in your head, in your heart, and to understand everything about you. He wanted that sort of love, and he could give it as well, he could love and care and cherish a dragon in return, why wouldn't he when the creature loved him so.
Figol felt that love wash over him and his eyes focused upon a little blue dragonet coming to him where he stood near the entrance. }: You were far away but I found you.:{
"What?" Figol was brought back to reality with a jolt and felt panic start to set in at being caught on the sands. "You need to go back to the candidates, go back, go back!" he tried to explain it to the blue in a rush. He was going to be in _so_ much trouble.
}:Don't you want me?:{ The blue was confused and refused to budge from the harper's side. }:I love you, you are mine.:{
Figol felt another wave of love flow through him and he couldn't help but send back that love, it was nothing like he'd ever felt, like nothing he'd ever imagine _anything_ could feel like. He reached out to touch the blue's nose and became lost in the softness of his hide. He couldn't think about what the future held, his mind was too full of the perfectness of the little dragonet, but a man's shout from the stand broke into his awe. "What's his _name_ boy?"
}My name is Tealth and you are Figol my rider.:{ the blue dragonet replied as Figol echoed the question in his mind.
Figol beamed and shouted up for the man and all to hear, "Tealth!"
Last updated on the January 21st 2009