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Day 1, Extremely early morning

The huge dragon's teeth seemed to glow as it bit down on the screaming
human. It screeched with the pleasure of the kill and bit down
decisively ending the humans screams and kicks. It smiled as it finished
its meal and looked down at the other two humans. One of them was a
weeping female and the other a young pup. It slowly lowered its head and
looked directly at the young boys face. The boy looked back, too
frightened not to. The dragon grinned as the boy looked at its blue
eyes. He saw his reflection in those eyes.

He hated those eyes. He hated his reflection. He hated the murderer. As
he gazed into his own strangely distorted face in the eyes of the dragon
he heard it as it laughed at him.

<Are you afraid boy? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....>

The laugh did not end. It did not end as the blue dragon's eyes swelled.
It did not end as the boy's reflection became sharper and less tainted
with blue. The laughter grew as the two eyes swelled into each other and
the dragon disappeared. It became maddening as everything else
disappeared and only a huge mirror was left floating in front of the
boy. It ended only when the boy touched his crystal clear reflection and
shattering the mirror and wrapping himself in complete darkness.

The laugh ended and he heard the dragons voice again.
<Don't you understand anything you pathetic little fool?>

****************

Soucivi awoke soaked with sweat. He touched his face. It was cold to the
touch and slippery as wet rubber. He looked around at his familiar
surroundings. He saw the furniture that seemed to tower over him and
looked at the stone walls as they arched over his head. Shaking his head
back and forth he stood up and stretched. He left his bed unmade and
walked to the entrance of the apartment. The snores of K^ñrvey was the
only thing that could be heard in the small apartment. It did not make
them any less excruciatingly loud. Soucivi quickly dressed and stepped
outside while glancing quickly at his roommate and his blanket wet with
drool. He rolled his eyes and began his long decent.

When he had first moved in with K^ñrvey it had been a hassle for Soucivi
to leave without asking for a ride from Nhorit. It was easier now since
he had bought a long rope that he tied at the entrance of the apartment.
He made his way down easily enough and at the bottom he took a long
breath of air. It was a nice night. There were millions of stars in the
sky and they usually soothed Soucivi nerves when he dreamed.... no,
remembered what happened to his parents. He began walking away from the
apartments noticing that he was alone with the exception of a few
individuals who didn't seem too interested in talking to him. "That's
fine. What am I going to talk to them about anyway?" he thought to
himself.

Soucivi soon found himself staring at the stream that would connect to
the Telnor Sea. He stared at it for a few seconds, remembered his
dislike of water, shuttered, and walked parallel to the water heading
towards the Queen rider's quarters and the offices. Feeling more relaxed
now he figured he would turn around when he reached the buildings and
try to get a few more hours of sleep before day break. Near the offices
he stopped walking and noticed a few lights flickering like small
ghosts. He was about to turn around when he noticed something. He didn't
see anyone nor did he hear anything. The silence bothered him. A person
may sneak as quietly and as invisible as they like in the warren, but
the sound of crickets and frogs were always constant, unless there was
something moving near them, and at that moment as he stood perfectly
still he heard neither.

(snip)
He moved silently, dashing from shadow to shadow. Leaving no trace of
his presence other than the muffled whisp of his breathing. He moved
into one of the quarters hoping to find an office. He moved around a
bend, and almost tripped into a candle lit room.

What he saw inside made his eyes grow wide...
(end snip)

Soucivi strained his eyes but he saw nothing. He discreetly walked to a
near building and hid in its darkest shadow. He waited for a few minutes
to see if he could catch a glimpse of this invisible person and was
surprised when he heard a scream.

"YOU PERVERT GET OUT OF HERE!!!!"

A women wearing a towel and soaked in water and soap suds tripped out of
a building chasing a man dressed completely in black. Soucivi watched as
the man ran as if his life depended on it. He could not help but chuckle
and find it amusing that a woman would bathe in an office, most likely
as a dare or a secret desire, and be interrupted by what was very likely
a thief. Soucivi stopped laughing when he noticed that the man had
disappeared into the shadows. He swiftly ran in the direction that the
man had gone until he heard his feet lightly hitting the ground ahead of
him. The man was headed towards the hatching cavern.

The cavern, Soucivi knew, was well guarded. The man was probably headed
in a random direction to lose his pursuer who was still yelling and
swearing half naked. It would be very likely be dismissed as a prank but
Soucivi ran after the man anyway not wanting to be around to receive the
blame.

As the sounds of feet slowed down Soucivi spotted the man ahead of him.
He was rather tall and skinny and definitely dressed to be
inconspicuous. As Soucivi studied this man from behind he heard him
curse silently and stop walking. Soucivi hid quietly behind a building
and looked beyond the man to see what he was cursing about. As he had
suspected there were guards nearby. The man hid himself extremely well
and Soucivi was impressed. He had met very few people who equaled his
talents at sneaking, hiding, and melding with shadows. Soucivi couldn't
help but think that this man was worth talking to, even though he was a
probable thief. Soucivi waited in the shadows as did the impressive dark
clothed man.

As the guards began walking away the darkly dressed man began his
recession as well. He walked backwards watching the possible threat of
the guards. He had never really suspected that he had someone right
behind him.

*****************
(TAG to you Jason will they became friendly rivals or will they have a
bit of a scuffle. Its up to you)
*****************

Day 1, Midmorning

Soucivi was walking back to his apartment when he heard it. It was a cry
of joy from the entire warren. As he looked around people were running
to the place he had just walked from... the Hatching Cavern. Immediately
he turned around and ran with them. He did not want to miss this. He was
pushed rudely very often but he didn't care he gave as well as he
received. After a few minutes Soucivi was seated with the spectators
watching the eggs. The candidates that he could see all looked nervous,
exited, and scared at the same time. Soucivi couldn't help but smile.
The excitement was beyond contagious. He did fell somewhat dishearten
that he probably would never have a chance of being next to the eggs
like those people.

His feeling of regret were quickly subdued though for as he watched the
first egg hatched. After that the second, third, and fourth. The first
three, all differently colored, walked to the candidates and each in
turn was followed by loud clapping as it joined with one them. The
fourth one was the smallest of the first four and was a very dark
purple, almost black. It seemed confused though. It looked at each of
the candidates one by one and did not move. It then looked at the
spectators. It looked long and hard. Everyone seemed to be holding their
breath. "Will it go wild?" "It hasn't chosen yet." "What's wrong?"
seemed to be repeated over and over as the hatchling peered at the
spectators. Then as Soucivi watched, it made eye contact with him and it
squeaked in delight. It began to clumsily make its way to him. It
squeaked people aside as it climbed ungainly but steadily up the seats
and towards Soucivi. Dumbfounded Soucivi couldn't move. Finally the
hatching had climbed to where he was. It hopped on to his lap and then
used its little claws to cling to his shirt and look into his eyes.
<Hello my name is Dargen>

Respectfully Submitted,

Andre Oliveira
aka
Soucivi and Dargen



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