The Lost Dragonet

Chapter Five

~ Part I, Siblings~

Aglaia grumbled as two tiny dragonets climbed ontop of her, she was trying to sleep but they beckoned her to play. It's been two years, Aglaia is two years old while her older siblings are five. She and the tiny terrors are only five months apart and it's almost their hatchday. Finally, after more fairly uneeded prodding, Aglaia got up to play tag with the pint-sized cuties. They shared nearly every feature with their mom and eachother except for their personalities and eyes, of course. Diamond and Petunia are both interesting females. Diamond's personality fits her name, being sharp and impossible to get through, she's extremely stubborn and intellegant. If she wants something, she'll normally get it and if she believes something it's near impossible to tell her otherwise. The only person she obeys is her mother and that turns out to be very problematic.

Petunia is also like her name, soft pretty and colorful. She's a sweet girl, but she really does need to stand up for herself more. She's much too sensitive and always gets picked on by the twins. One of the few yet many differences Petunia and Diamond have are their eyes. Diamond has pure ruby red eyes that scared mom once she saw them, that makes Aglaia wonder if red eyes mean something bad that nobody seems to be willing to tell, but Petunia has deep purple eyes that are  almost an exact copy of Aglaia's own deep violet colored orbs. It felt pretty good to share an odvious simularity with one of her siblings, even if it was just her eyes.

The dragonets giggled as Aglaia playfully chased them, being careful not to break anything, they kept playing a prolonged game of tag. Aglaia made sure to be careful as to not use all of her speed or power because she knew that'd make it unfair for the other near two-year-olds. Even If it's been a while since she was living like a beast, the effects were everlasting and harsh, leaving her with the constent need to get stronger. Especially with a family to protect.

After a while, the two younger children layed down, huffing and puffing. That caused Aglaia to teasingly bop their snouts, quietly muttering a small 'tag'. That caused the duo to groan. Mom and dad were starting to go out more, leaving Riptide in charge of the other six dragonets. They all understood, this is an early kingdom after all. Aglaia asked the two tots if they were hungry, and they said 'yes'. She liked to try to take care of her family, even if it was just the small stuff.

Her talons made a 'come here' motion, trying to have them follow her to show them her way of hunting. They complied, bounding after Aglaia as she sped out of their shared home, flapping their wings pike little hummingbirds. Aglaia still didn't know how to fly properlly which made her upset because everyone else were excelling at it, and they fly like they've been doing it all their lives. She stored that thought away as she climbed up the tree expertly, gathering a few plumpened jazzberries, then jumping down the high climb strategically, making her siblings gawk like she just did the most difficult task in the world.

Aglaia made sure to have them follow her to the nearest overpopulated pond, then she carefully dropped a few of the vibrant berries onto the small pool of water, making sure they float, she hold a talon over her maw as a 'silence' gesture. They waited patiently, in the same position, her sisters watching in awe as her scales slowly began to creep on its camoflouge until she was almost impossible to see. Aglaia slithered out her black forked toungue, waiting for a fat fish to take the bait, her dark purple eyes' pupils turned to slits as her ears twitched, her instincts in full effect as she readied her claws, waiting for even the slightest ripple to effect the smooth waters appearence and her younger sisters doing the same thing, watching two of the other berries intently.

Then, a fat fish came up and gulped the berry in front of Aglaia, daring her to pounce. Causing her to do just that, and slipping into the water doing so. Catching the delicious creature with her fast jaw, and clawing at its difficultly hard body for extra effect, and after a few moments her sisters went on a catching spree as the fish jumped around, surprised and scared about Aglaia's sudden invasion of their tiny home. She and her two sisters went to their rocky house with a big haul, talonfulls and wingfulls of fish for dinner.
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~Part II, Ally~