- Niall Collins; Collins Industries -
Niall had not yet even finished the last bites of his food before the professor returned, his footsteps shaking and rattling all of the items in the large room. All of the plates and cups, though nice seemed to have cracks and chips, probably from falling off the table in the wake of the vibrations from the dragons. An environmental hazard one might say. He was looking carefully at all the items in the hallway as they passed through it, descending downward into the depths of the earth to the incubation caverns.
When they arrived Niall was quite stunned, what he wouldn't give for a camera to try and capture the sheer beauty of the hundreds of eggs that lay within. They awaited their soul mate, the one true match to their heart stone. One that would breath the final breathe of life into them so that they could hatch. One of the others asked, questioning about the process. Niall had just about asked the same question but it had breached her lips before his own. He looked towards Dr. Nidhogg in hopes of an answer, but the large dragon only smiled before speaking. "
You will understand very soon, go explore for now." Niall took the words to heart as he ventured past the others, heading out into the aisles of eggs to walk among them, to find his match.
As he moved through the rows of eggs he found himself on a direct path for a massive ivory colored egg flecked with black. It was matte and nearly 3 feet tall. There was something drawing him towards the egg and he couldn't help but reach out and touch it. His mind didn't yet understand but his body did as his large hand caressed the thick shell of the egg. Giving the infant dragon trapped inside the final breath of life that it needed to begin the rock the egg. As he looked at it his eyes widened, mind trying to process the sight before him. Several of the smaller nursemaid dragons zoomed his directions to hold the egg as he watched captivated by the scene.
It wasn't five minutes before a sharp looking nose was poking through the shell and snorting bursts of smoke and sparks from its nostrils. Before much longer an elegant face with brilliant sapphire eyes seemingly made in the likeness of the gemstone itself gleamed back at him. He realized only when he released the big breath that he had been holding it. The dragon made it's final struggle before shaking the remaining wetness from the egg off itself. The nursemaid dragons and their humans bringing a towel to finalize the process. One of the humans smiled and nodded at him, handing him a towel to allow him to touch the dragon for the first time.
His next breath that he exhaled was on the wings of a word, a name that he could not even remember where he had heard but he knew it was the name of this dragon before him. "
Allaire," Her name was all he could think for a moment and she bobbed her head. She was nearly as long as he was tall already as he looked her over he could see each individual scale on her body, they looked as if they were carved from the most valuable ivory. Her blue eyes looked carefully at him, she knew his name instinctively but she had not yet learned to speak verbally.
Niall, the word caressed his mind like a warm breeze would caress one's skin and he knew it was Allaire speaking to him. She stepped towards him nuzzling his waist with her muzzle as he used the towel he had been given to dry her off.
