Jo followed the others into what appeared to be an incubation chamber and watched curiously as each person was pulled to an egg and hatched their own dragon. She walked among the rows for what seemed like an eternity, only to feel nothing. Discouraged, she leaned against the wall and folded her arms across her chest as the small dragons hatched from their eggs and bonded with their new partners. 

Suddenly, she felt a small tug on her heart, like a small child had tugged on her shirt. It pulled her to the right, along a row that she had already ventured down twice. Rolling her eyes, she walked the path again. [i]'come on.'[/i] she thought to herself with a sigh as she passed egg after eff, nothing catching her attention.

The pulling ceased as she passed a large, deep green egg with vines and leaves growing out of the shell and over the pedestal that it sat upon. Her fingers seemed to itch to reach out and touch it, and so she did. Once the tips of her fingers came into contact with the egg, a loud crack sounded and the shell splintered into a web from tip to tip. Jo pulled her hand back and watched, fascinated, as small pieces of the shell started to fall away and a small snout with emerald and deep forest green scales poked its way into the world.

With a wide grin, she pulled the remaining pieces away to look at her beautiful green dragon. It's golden eyes blinked up at her as its head tilted from side to side. Tentatively, she reached out to touch its head. The small green dragon lifted its chin and touched the palm of her hand. A single word burst into her mind. [i]"Bane."[/i] Jo smiled down at him and scratched the ridge above its eye. Bane closed his eyes and let out a deep purr. One eye opened back up and a soft, deep voice floated through her mind. [i]"Jo Anne."[/i]

Jo shivered at the sensation of bonding with her small dragon and picked it up into her arms. Bane flicked his tongue across her cheek and Jo laughed. "This is no doubt, the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. Ever."