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1. [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos
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2. [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos (JP)
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3. [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos Part II (JP)
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4. [USS Calypso] Tribblations or is that...........?
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:09:10 -0700
From: "Tree Deutscher" <treedr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos
Day 8 Early Morning
<Snip>
Mallory blinked in surprised at the voice in her head, but the
blue-eyed baby dragon was looking right at her and it was impossible to
look away. The little baby dragon was the most beautiful, most adorable
thing ever. Looking at her, it felt like something broken had just been
fused whole, and her heart sang with the joy of it. Mallory suddenly
remembered to finish chewing her bite and held out the rest of her
breakfast roll to the little hatchling queen.
<End Snip>
It was as if time stood still and the followers waited with bated
breath then slowly released it in unison when the young woman offered
the dragonette her roll.
Breezy started chuckling and doing a little happy dance playfully
cuffed the willowy blonde in the shoulder. "And here you were worried
about the Norwall curse!"
Jinee looked down at the Sr. Wingleader as if she'd lost her mind but
the corners of her lips twitched with a smile, "I do believe you were a
bit worried yourself."
The little redhead gaped in mock innocence, "Who me? Not me? I never
doubted it for a moment!" She answered pursing her lips in amusement.
"Mmm hmm," the Warrenlady answered trying to look serious but failing
miserably as she breathed a sigh of relief linking her arm through
Tallon's.
Busting out in giggles Breezy looked over the crowd. "OK gang this
shows over! We've a bunch hungry little ones to feed, so back to the
cave!" She called out cheerfully waving at the crowd.
[..] Back in the hatching cavern
Happy laughter assailed her as Breezy watched the Alpha Wingleader
wander off to talk to some of the other riders. The re****t from Loki
did not bode well and she wrinkled her nose in contemplation. A squeeze
to her arm made her turn to find Cassandra standing next to her, the
old woman grinned broadly as she pointed in the direction of Malani's
nest.
"Isn't it wonderful Breezy! Sara has joined with her own dragon and
she's such a pretty little thing with such a sweet name."
The petite redhead smiled following Cassandra's gaze. "It certainly
is!" As if aware they had become the center of attention Brenna and
Sara both looked around simultaneously their beaming faces coming to
rest on the two women. The junior queenrider patted her friends
shoulder with a triumphant grin then gave the Sr. Wingleader and the
Seamstress the thumbs up sign which brought a chuckle from Breezy and
Cassandra.
The graying woman's gnarled hands clapped together in delight, "I do
believe this calls for a new very special set of riding leathers!"
"Why Cassandra, how thoughtful of you! How did you know I needed a new
set?" Breezy's eyes twinkled in mock innocence as the seamstress stared
at her in confusion. It was a known fact that Breezy very rarely wore
the actual leathers that was the standard attire among the riders.
"But.but..."
Breezy busted out in giggles giving the older woman a hug. "Oh
Cassandra, you are so much fun to tease! I'm sure Sara will be tickled
to death with a set of her very own leathers!"
"Oh you!" The seamstress blushed, swatting the redheads arm
affectionately.
They chatted amicably watching the new trainees getting advice as they
fed and cuddled their new bondmates, yet their eyes kept returning
fondly to the two young women with the peachy-pink dragon.
Feeling something strange from Coo, Breezy's head snapped up to follow
the iridescent females gaze towards the golden queen. "Excuse me for a
moment Cassandra." She said keeping the sudden concern out of her
voice.
***To be continued***
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:16:23 -0700
From: "Tree Deutscher" <treedr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos (JP)
NRPG: Sorry gang that first one was a jp too.
<Snip>
Unlike other queens, Malani had been unable to reject her eggs that had
died. As each one perished, rather than casting them out of the nest,
she had buried them in the sand, uncovering them now and then, watching
as the eggs shriveled and shrunk to blackened husks. Talking to them,
as if they might wake up and listen. Now the eggs were hardly
recognizable - except to their mother. Every one of them had a name...
A large tear ran down Malani's golden snout.
Jeneve stood before her, and opened her arms to the dragon. Malani said
nothing, but the pain in her eyes tore Jeneve's heart. Suddenly, all of
the emotions of the past weeks came ru****ng to the surface, and the
warrenlady sank to the ground beside her dragon, wrapped her arms
around Malani's huge golden neck, and sobbed as though her heart would
break.
<End>Before she could start through the milling crowd a loud commotion
at the entrance of the cave announced trouble. "It's Justin!" Cassandra
hissed.
"Stay here!" Breezy commanded moving to meet the stableman who was
rudely pu****ng his way through.
Appearing before the irate father Breezy barred his way refusing to let
the stableman past. She could smell alcohol but how much he'd had to
drink she didn't know. From the look on his face though she didn't
doubt this could get really ugly. "What do you want Justin?"
The man glared down at the short woman who dared to block his path. He
sneered at her," I'm here for my daughter! I'm going to teach her, her
place in the world and I'm not about to let some little woman get in my
way! Understand! Now move!"
The redhead's frosty gaze should have been warning enough, but Justin's
alcohol bravado made him oblivious to the danger he had just put
himself in. Trying to brush past her Breezy became an immovable force
and her palm was solid on his chest holding him back. "You're drunk
Justin, you need to go home and sleep it off!" She replied through
gritted teeth trying to keep her temper in check. Last thing they
needed was a brawl in the hatching cavern, especially now when the tug
on her mind from Coo was growing urgent.
The stableman glared down at her and then to the hand on his chest.
"Get out of my way! You can't tell me what to do! I'm here for my
daughter!" Justin yelled. Roughly slapping Breezy's hand away he gave
her a hard shove sending her sprawling into several people. Fortunately
one of the Kob brothers caught her and Breezy was set back to her feet.
This was the moment the Sr. Wingleader had waited for, but
underestimating Justin's drunken stupidity she'd been caught off guard.
It was a mistake that wouldn't happen again.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw K'tarr pu****ng his way through the
crowd the tattoos on his face lined with a deep scowl. "Back off, his
ass is mine!" She hissed at the taller redhead. The painted wingleader
crossed his arms and arched a brow, the corner of his mouth lifting in
a faint smirk. He knew how Breezy felt as he'd listened to her rant
about the man over re****ts often enough.
Hearing the commotion Sara turned around and saw her father pu****ng his
way to the sands. The young apprentice became filled with fear. She was
trembling. She wanted to run but her feet wouldn't respond. It was like
they became to solid rocks unwilling to move.
Harmony felt the fear through the link and was beginning to panic
running around shouting, <What do I do? Mama! Somebody! Tell me what to
do my rider's in danger!>
Draconian heads snapped around at the hatchling's frightened cries and
the two attending queens began to close in while Malani encircled her
nest and the half-buried eggs. An ominous rumbling came from the golden
queen.
Brenna jumped up to defend her friend placing herself between the
oncoming man and his terrified daughter. The murderous look on Justin's
face made the young queenrider suck in her bottom lip fearfully, but
she taking a deep breath lifted her chin defiantly preparing to stand
her ground.
Before Breezy could follow she was grabbed by the arm and turned to
find Sue's tear-stained face gazing at her pleadingly, "Breezy, please
don't hurt him!" She begged doing her best to hold the angry redhead
back. "He doesn't know what he's doing!"
"Sue, he's gone to far!"
"Breezy, please.." Sue sobbed trying to hold the redhead back. "He just
wants to take Sara home! It's not..."
Shaking her arm free and grabbing the frantic mother by the shoulders.
Breezy scowled, "Stop it Sue! Quit protecting him! He lost any claim he
had the first time he laid a hand on her, and even more so now that
she's joined with a dragon!" She had tried several times to talk to Sue
about her abusive husband but the woman refused to budge 'standing by
her man' which aggravated Breezy to know end. The woman had chosen her
path and was probably beyond any help at this point, but she'd be
damned before she'd let Sara follow the same path.
"But.but..Sara's our.."
"Not any more! Thankfully for Sara she now belongs to the dragons and
they protect their own, as well as the riders! She's not your little
girl any more Sue!" The next instant it was as if the life drained out
of the woman her shoulders slumping in defeat. Snuffling back her tears
Sue's face grew pale and a forlorn sigh escaped as she dropped her
head.
"And Sue, you're going to have to make him realize that!" Breezy
continued, her voice edged with a deadly tone. Hearing Justin's angry
voice raise over the crowd she stared hard at the shrinking woman, "Now
you either help me, or get the hell out of my way!"
Justin kept pu****ng his way toward the sands. No one is going to stand
between him and his daughter. His flesh and blood who dared defy him by
allowing her self to become a dragonrider. James who was on duty in the
cavern stood in front of the stableman ready to draw his sword. Justin
towered over the short and bulky guardsman. But James stood his ground.
"Stop Justin!" he ordered but the irate father just ignored him and
shoved James aside and continued his way toward his daughter.
Sara was watching the whole thing in sheer terror. She wanted to cry
out she wanted to run, but her body wouldn't respond it would not move.
She was like a deer caught in the light of the flame of an oncoming
dragon's breath.
Harmony was tugging on Sara's sleeve trying to get her to run.< Come on
Sara! You're in danger! We need to get out of here!> the young dragon
cried.
The newly joined rider wanted to move so badly but nothing seemed to
want to respond.
Justin eventually made his way up to where Brenna stood." Get out of my
way." he growled. Breezy and Sue where not too far behind him.
[..]
Goose bumps raised on her arms and her breath caught in her throat as
Delilah caught sight of the wild-eyed stableman.
[Oh my! That must be one of those bad hooomans Momma told us about!]
Purity exclaimed wiggling free of Delilah's arms. [We must do
something, he wants to hurt Harmony's rider!] Even though they were not
from the same clutch the little creamy colored female was ready to
defend her sister of the scale. [Rider, you must do something, you're
bigger then me, maybe you could bite him?.] Purity cried out almost
hitting Delilah in the face as she flapped her wings with a tiny roar
of challenge. Several others answered the call as the hatchlings rose
in alarm as one of their own was threatened.
Justin's angry tone brought back old memories and Delilah shook her
head trying to get rid herself of the horrifying sounds assailing her
mind. The sickening thuds from each blow grew louder until she was
cringed away holding her ears, her own dragonette growing alarmed by
the awful pain she felt from her own human. Crawling back up into
Delilah's lap Purity nosed her all over fearing something terribly
wrong when the woman wouldn't open her eyes. [Rider! Rider..]
Opening her eyes the first thing Delilah saw was a scaly snout and
beyond that the queenrider being shoved roughly aside then an arm
snapping out to grab young Sara. Delilah was on her feet in an instant
oblivious to the dragon in her lap and Purity rolled unceremoniously
onto the sands with a yelp.
"NOOOOO!" Delilah screamed, unbridled rage flooding from every ****e of
her body. Running across the small space between them the server lunged
at the stableman her nails raking his face as she slammed into him
tearing at any flesh she found exposed.
Furious now at being kept from his daughter Justin shook himself free
hesitating for a moment to whip the blood from his cheek. "Get away
from me whore!" he yelled back handing Delilah with such force she flew
across the sands. A rush of stars had her head whirling but the taste
of blood brought her back to reality. Never again! Delilah was on her
feet in an instance ru****ng at Justin like a wild banshee ready to
claim her due. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind and pulled back
while Purity's frantic trumpeting added to Harmony's erupted the cavern
into chaos.
Fury filled Breezy as she saw Justin swing at Delilah. Muttering an
oath she plunged forward trying to shake off the firm grip Sue had on
her arm as the woman still pleaded for her husband.
Justin tried to pull Sara's arm saying," You coming with me!", but he
felt something pull back. When he looked he saw the young dragon
pulling back. His face turned to one of anger." YOU!" the drunk father
shouted," GO FIND SOME ONE ELSE TO RIDE YOU!" He whacked the young
dragon forcing her to let go of Sara's sleeve and sent the young dragon
tumbling.
"HARMONY!" Sara shouted finally coming out of her shocked state. She
started struggling against her father's grip. Her need to go to check
on her bond mate was strong.
Justin grabbed her by the collar and smacked her as hard as he could.
[..] In the stands
Tallon and Dev had returned to the bleachers and both Lords though
giving her some space had kept a close eye on the beautiful blonde.
Neither willing to give the other any ground. At the first sign of
trouble they both came to their feet. "You stay here, it could get
dangerous with the dragons stomping around, I'll see what's happening!"
Dev warned, before disappearing into the crowd.
>From his vantagepoint on the bleachers the cave was a whirl with angry
humans and dragons and the Lord of Ryensmoor was suddenly wi****ng he
had more then the usual dagger he carried. Unable to stay put Tallon
leap from his perch and hurried to the Warrenlady's side, "Jeneve, what
is it what's wrong?"
"It's Malani," she said craning her neck to see about the crowd.
"Someone's attacking one of her babies. I've got to get over there!"
Tallon looked worriedly at the scrum surrounding the queen and her
eggs. Much as he hated to admit it, the male queenrider was right.
"No, Jeneve, it's dangerous - you could get hurt!" he warned.
Jeneve spun round to face him. "If I don't stop Malani, lots of people
could get hurt!" Tallon was left holding just Jeneve's cloak as the
warrenlady dived into the crowd.
<<Malani! Listen to me!>> Jeneve stood before the huge golden dragon,
desperate to gain her attention.
<My baby!> the dragon roared.
<<We won't let him harm her>> Jeneve tried to soothe her dragon.
<<We'll stop him>> Malani suddenly seemed to notice the warrenlady.
<You didn't save my other babies> she said, glaring intently at her
rider with a wild, uncontrolled look in her eyes.
Jeneve gulped.
<<But that was ... different>> she said. <<This is ... human business.
We'll take care of it.>> Jeneve realized how pathetic she must sound.
And Malani was beyond reasoning with her.
<<MY BABY!!>> she roared, taking a step closer to Justin, while keeping
her tail coiled around the egg, protecting it.
[..]
Fury filled Breezy as she saw Justin swing at Delilah. Muttering an
oath she plunged forward trying to shake off the firm grip Sue had on
her arm as the woman still pleaded for her husband.
The roaring of the dragons was deafening, the sound vibrated off the
stone walls and the ground trembled from their anger. Jerking her arm
free the little redhead grabbed her ears trying to block it out.
Unfortunately it was also coming through the link and she staggered,
noticing she wasn't the only one having that problem. She had to do
something quick or someone would get trampled. Clenching her teeth
together she let loose with a scream in her head that would have
rivaled the scaly behemoths. Coo's head snapped around to search the
crowd for her rider.
Seeing she had her soulmates attention, "Sister! Tell Qualis to have
his rider get the people out before someone gets hurt!" Turning back
just in time to see Justin slap the hatchling and then his daughter the
little wingleader let loose with a string of oaths that would put the
most seasoned warrior to shame. "Get out of my way!" She yelled roughly
shoving way through the mass bodies that separated them. Half climbing
over one man he yelped as she pushed him aside before he was mangled by
a ill played dragons foot..
"Allow me!" Came a deep voice from behind and Breezy felt herself
suddenly lifted and literally lobbed over the people in front of her.
Years of training served her well as she dropped and rolled to absorb
the impact and thankfully came to her feet without too much trouble.
Unfortunately, the momentum caught her off balance and she plunged
awkwardly into the irate father and they both went rolling across the
sands coming to rest at the golden queen's feet.
"You son of a *****!" Breezy hissed in uncontrollable rage. She was so
angry she was shaking and it took everything she had to maintain some
semblance of control. Jumping up her fist was only inches away from his
face when she suddenly punched him hard in the chest instead, sending
him sprawling on his back in the sand. A warm tickle on her neck made
her look up and Breezy's eyes widened at the sight and little redhead
backed away instantly. Three angry queens and one angry draconian
mother encircled them and the four colorful snouts closed in on the man
cloaking him in a haze of rather warm steam.
Looking around Breezy saw that the riders had worked swiftly getting
the civilians out of harms way and the cavern was mostly empty now
except for those who were doing there best to calm their dragons.
An evil smile came to the little woman's face, "Not such a big man now
are you Justin? Since you like picking on females so much, why don't
you try these ladies on for size!" Breezy snickered smugly whirling her
finger in the air at the furious quartet hovering above him.
The anger she felt at this man was incomprehensible and she just shook
her head in disgust. "He's all yours girls!" She quipped aloud. They
all might not understand her but they understood her tone and that was
enough and sharp fangs began to appear. With a wave of her hand the Sr.
Wingleader backed off and turned to walk away bumping into the
horrified Warrenlady.
"Breezy!!!"
The redhead stared at the blonde with a hooded expression, as if she
were a child that had just gotten caught with her hand in the cookie
chair. "Whaaat!" She answered snappishly with a deep sigh.
Sue watched as the dragons closed in around her husband. Even though
she did not know much about dragons but her instincts told her that
they are going to hurt him or even kill him. She couldn't bear the
thought of that happening. The young wife ran to the sands as fast as
she could. She stood in front of her husband with tears in her eyes
shouting," Please don't eat him! Please don't kill him!"
Breezy and the Warrenlady turned to see the young woman standing there
defending her abusive husband.
"Oh for pete's sake Sue, just let'em eat him!" Breezy quipped with a
wave of dismissal at the man.
"BREEZY!" Jeneve cried out in shock bru****ng past the Sr. Wingleader
with a glare of disapproval..
With one huge paw, Malani gently pushed Sara aside towards Harmony,
while the other clawed paw slammed down on Justin.
Withdrawing her forefoot, the golden queen looked to see the effect the
attack had had on the dangerous human.
Justin was dusty, bruised - and furious.
Drawing a long knife, he advanced on the angry queen.
The two adversaries faced one another, their eyes crazed as each
other's.
Malani bared her teeth.
"Try anything dragon, and you'll find I stick in your throat!" Justin
yelled. He thrust the knife at Malani, and the dragon lunged.
"NOOOOOO!" Jeneve's scream split the air of the cavern as she ran
forward.
Three things happened at once.
The knife flew from Justin's hand, spinning through the air over the
heads of the onlookers.
Justin was flung backwards by an invisible force, landing hard on his
back.
And Malani's jaws snapped shut on empty air.
{Tag: To anyone who wants to jump into the chaos in the cavern)
Respectfully submitted by,
Max Loga AKA Sara, Harmony, Justin and Sue
Carina Norris AKA Jeneve, and Malani
Tree Deutscher AKA Breezy, Coo, Tallon, Dev and Delilah
And lots of extras ;D
***Summary***
Mid Morning
After Lily finds Mallory Breezy leads the group back to the hatching
cavern.
As Breezy and Cassandra watch the newbies Breezy feels a sudden alarm
from her dragon before she can react Justin appears to cause trouble
shoving her out of the way
Delilah explodes when Justin slaps Harmony and Sara and goes after him
like a crazed woman ready to tear him up big time.
Justins hits Delilah as Breezy fights off Sue to get to the stableman.
Link helps Breezy 'get over the crowd' and she and Justin tumble onto
the sand.
Breezy realizes that the draconian queens and new mother plan on
dispensing their own brand of Justin she taunts Justin then turns away
only to run into Jeneve.
Sara picks up a sword to defend herself and Harmony against Justin, but
the baby dragon warns her against using it.
A horrified Jeneve jumps in and Justin goes flying, Malani eats air and
Breezy doesn't get her wish and does not live happily ever after. :D
Malani stamps on Justin, but doesn't injure him seriously. Justin is
furious and attacks Malani. The dragon is about to bit him in half,
when Jeneve runs forward. She doesn't reach them in time, but her
telekinesis throws Justin backwards out of the way, and Malani gets a
mouthful of empty air.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:50:40 -0700
From: "Tree Deutscher" <treedr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [DL-N] Hatching Tribulations = Utter Chaos Part II (JP)
Continued Part Two
<Snip>
Unlike other queens, Malani had been unable to reject her eggs that had
died. As each one perished, rather than casting them out of the nest,
she had buried them in the sand, uncovering them now and then, watching
as the eggs shriveled and shrunk to blackened husks. Talking to them,
as if they might wake up and listen. Now the eggs were hardly
recognizable - except to their mother. Every one of them had a name...
A large tear ran down Malani's golden snout.
Jeneve stood before her, and opened her arms to the dragon. Malani said
nothing, but the pain in her eyes tore Jeneve's heart. Suddenly, all of
the emotions of the past weeks came ru****ng to the surface, and the
warrenlady sank to the ground beside her dragon, wrapped her arms
around Malani's huge golden neck, and sobbed as though her heart would
break.
<End>Before she could start through the milling crowd a loud commotion
at the entrance of the cave announced trouble. "It's Justin!" Cassandra
hissed.
"Stay here!" Breezy commanded moving to meet the stableman who was
rudely pu****ng his way through.
Appearing before the irate father Breezy barred his way refusing to let
the stableman past. She could smell alcohol but how much he'd had to
drink she didn't know. From the look on his face though she didn't
doubt this could get really ugly. "What do you want Justin?"
The man glared down at the short woman who dared to block his path. He
sneered at her," I'm here for my daughter! I'm going to teach her, her
place in the world and I'm not about to let some little woman get in my
way! Understand! Now move!"
The redhead's frosty gaze should have been warning enough, but Justin's
alcohol bravado made him oblivious to the danger he had just put
himself in. Trying to brush past her Breezy became an immovable force
and her palm was solid on his chest holding him back. "You're drunk
Justin, you need to go home and sleep it off!" She replied through
gritted teeth trying to keep her temper in check. Last thing they
needed was a brawl in the hatching cavern, especially now when the tug
on her mind from Coo was growing urgent.
The stableman glared down at her and then to the hand on his chest.
"Get out of my way! You can't tell me what to do! I'm here for my
daughter!" Justin yelled. Roughly slapping Breezy's hand away he gave
her a hard shove sending her sprawling into several people. Fortunately
one of the Kob brothers caught her and Breezy was set back to her feet.
This was the moment the Sr. Wingleader had waited for, but
underestimating Justin's drunken stupidity she'd been caught off guard.
It was a mistake that wouldn't happen again.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw K'tarr pu****ng his way through the
crowd the tattoos on his face lined with a deep scowl. "Back off, his
ass is mine!" She hissed at the taller redhead. The painted wingleader
crossed his arms and arched a brow, the corner of his mouth lifting in
a faint smirk. He knew how Breezy felt as he'd listened to her rant
about the man over re****ts often enough.
Hearing the commotion Sara turned around and saw her father pu****ng his
way to the sands. The young apprentice became filled with fear. She was
trembling. She wanted to run but her feet wouldn't respond. It was like
they became to solid rocks unwilling to move.
Harmony felt the fear through the link and was beginning to panic
running around shouting, <What do I do? Mama! Somebody! Tell me what to
do my rider's in danger!>
Draconian heads snapped around at the hatchling's frightened cries and
the two attending queens began to close in while Malani encircled her
nest and the half-buried eggs. An ominous rumbling came from the golden
queen.
Brenna jumped up to defend her friend placing herself between the
oncoming man and his terrified daughter. The murderous look on Justin's
face made the young queenrider suck in her bottom lip fearfully, but
she taking a deep breath lifted her chin defiantly preparing to stand
her ground.
Before Breezy could follow she was grabbed by the arm and turned to
find Sue's tear-stained face gazing at her pleadingly, "Breezy, please
don't hurt him!" She begged doing her best to hold the angry redhead
back. "He doesn't know what he's doing!"
"Sue, he's gone to far!"
"Breezy, please.." Sue sobbed trying to hold the redhead back. "He just
wants to take Sara home! It's not..."
Shaking her arm free and grabbing the frantic mother by the shoulders.
Breezy scowled, "Stop it Sue! Quit protecting him! He lost any claim he
had the first time he laid a hand on her, and even more so now that
she's joined with a dragon!" She had tried several times to talk to Sue
about her abusive husband but the woman refused to budge 'standing by
her man' which aggravated Breezy to know end. The woman had chosen her
path and was probably beyond any help at this point, but she'd be
damned before she'd let Sara follow the same path.
"But.but..Sara's our.."
"Not any more! Thankfully for Sara she now belongs to the dragons and
they protect their own, as well as the riders! She's not your little
girl any more Sue!" The next instant it was as if the life drained out
of the woman her shoulders slumping in defeat. Snuffling back her tears
Sue's face grew pale and a forlorn sigh escaped as she dropped her
head.
"And Sue, you're going to have to make him realize that!" Breezy
continued, her voice edged with a deadly tone. Hearing Justin's angry
voice raise over the crowd she stared hard at the shrinking woman, "Now
you either help me, or get the hell out of my way!"
Justin kept pu****ng his way toward the sands. No one is going to stand
between him and his daughter. His flesh and blood who dared defy him by
allowing her self to become a dragonrider. James who was on duty in the
cavern stood in front of the stableman ready to draw his sword. Justin
towered over the short and bulky guardsman. But James stood his ground.
"Stop Justin!" he ordered but the irate father just ignored him and
shoved James aside and continued his way toward his daughter.
Sara was watching the whole thing in sheer terror. She wanted to cry
out she wanted to run, but her body wouldn't respond it would not move.
She was like a deer caught in the light of the flame of an oncoming
dragon's breath.
Harmony was tugging on Sara's sleeve trying to get her to run.< Come on
Sara! You're in danger! We need to get out of here!> the young dragon
cried.
The newly joined rider wanted to move so badly but nothing seemed to
want to respond.
Justin eventually made his way up to where Brenna stood." Get out of my
way." he growled. Breezy and Sue where not too far behind him.
[..]
Goose bumps raised on her arms and her breath caught in her throat as
Delilah caught sight of the wild-eyed stableman.
[Oh my! That must be one of those bad hooomans Momma told us about!]
Purity exclaimed wiggling free of Delilah's arms. [We must do
something, he wants to hurt Harmony's rider!] Even though they were not
from the same clutch the little creamy colored female was ready to
defend her sister of the scale. [Rider, you must do something, you're
bigger then me, maybe you could bite him?.] Purity cried out almost
hitting Delilah in the face as she flapped her wings with a tiny roar
of challenge. Several others answered the call as the hatchlings rose
in alarm as one of their own was threatened.
Justin's angry tone brought back old memories and Delilah shook her
head trying to get rid herself of the horrifying sounds assailing her
mind. The sickening thuds from each blow grew louder until she was
cringed away holding her ears, her own dragonette growing alarmed by
the awful pain she felt from her own human. Crawling back up into
Delilah's lap Purity nosed her all over fearing something terribly
wrong when the woman wouldn't open her eyes. [Rider! Rider..]
Opening her eyes the first thing Delilah saw was a scaly snout and
beyond that the queenrider being shoved roughly aside then an arm
snapping out to grab young Sara. Delilah was on her feet in an instant
oblivious to the dragon in her lap and Purity rolled unceremoniously
onto the sands with a yelp.
"NOOOOO!" Delilah screamed, unbridled rage flooding from every ****e of
her body. Running across the small space between them the server lunged
at the stableman her nails raking his face as she slammed into him
tearing at any flesh she found exposed.
Furious now at being kept from his daughter Justin shook himself free
hesitating for a moment to whip the blood from his cheek. "Get away
from me whore!" he yelled back handing Delilah with such force she flew
across the sands. A rush of stars had her head whirling but the taste
of blood brought her back to reality. Never again! Delilah was on her
feet in an instance ru****ng at Justin like a wild banshee ready to
claim her due. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind and pulled back
while Purity's frantic trumpeting added to Harmony's erupted the cavern
into chaos.
Fury filled Breezy as she saw Justin swing at Delilah. Muttering an
oath she plunged forward trying to shake off the firm grip Sue had on
her arm as the woman still pleaded for her husband.
Justin tried to pull Sara's arm saying," You coming with me!", but he
felt something pull back. When he looked he saw the young dragon
pulling back. His face turned to one of anger." YOU!" the drunk father
shouted," GO FIND SOME ONE ELSE TO RIDE YOU!" He whacked the young
dragon forcing her to let go of Sara's sleeve and sent the young dragon
tumbling.
"HARMONY!" Sara shouted finally coming out of her shocked state. She
started struggling against her father's grip. Her need to go to check
on her bond mate was strong.
Justin grabbed her by the collar and smacked her as hard as he could.
[..] In the stands
Tallon and Dev had returned to the bleachers and both Lords though
giving her some space had kept a close eye on the beautiful blonde.
Neither willing to give the other any ground. At the first sign of
trouble they both came to their feet. "You stay here, it could get
dangerous with the dragons stomping around, I'll see what's happening!"
Dev warned, before disappearing into the crowd.
>From his vantagepoint on the bleachers the cave was a whirl with angry
humans and dragons and the Lord of Ryensmoor was suddenly wi****ng he
had more then the usual dagger he carried. Unable to stay put Tallon
leap from his perch and hurried to the Warrenlady's side, "Jeneve, what
is it what's wrong?"
"It's Malani," she said craning her neck to see about the crowd.
"Someone's attacking one of her babies. I've got to get over there!"
Tallon looked worriedly at the scrum surrounding the queen and her
eggs. Much as he hated to admit it, the male queenrider was right.
"No, Jeneve, it's dangerous - you could get hurt!" he warned.
Jeneve spun round to face him. "If I don't stop Malani, lots of people
could get hurt!" Tallon was left holding just Jeneve's cloak as the
warrenlady dived into the crowd.
<<Malani! Listen to me!>> Jeneve stood before the huge golden dragon,
desperate to gain her attention.
<My baby!> the dragon roared.
<<We won't let him harm her>> Jeneve tried to soothe her dragon.
<<We'll stop him>> Malani suddenly seemed to notice the warrenlady.
<You didn't save my other babies> she said, glaring intently at her
rider with a wild, uncontrolled look in her eyes.
Jeneve gulped.
<<But that was ... different>> she said. <<This is ... human business.
We'll take care of it.>> Jeneve realized how pathetic she must sound.
And Malani was beyond reasoning with her.
<<MY BABY!!>> she roared, taking a step closer to Justin, while keeping
her tail coiled around the egg, protecting it.
[..]
Fury filled Breezy as she saw Justin swing at Delilah. Muttering an
oath she plunged forward trying to shake off the firm grip Sue had on
her arm as the woman still pleaded for her husband.
The roaring of the dragons was deafening, the sound vibrated off the
stone walls and the ground trembled from their anger. Jerking her arm
free the little redhead grabbed her ears trying to block it out.
Unfortunately it was also coming through the link and she staggered,
noticing she wasn't the only one having that problem. She had to do
something quick or someone would get trampled. Clenching her teeth
together she let loose with a scream in her head that would have
rivaled the scaly behemoths. Coo's head snapped around to search the
crowd for her rider.
Seeing she had her soulmates attention, "Sister! Tell Qualis to have
his rider get the people out before someone gets hurt!" Turning back
just in time to see Justin slap the hatchling and then his daughter the
little wingleader let loose with a string of oaths that would put the
most seasoned warrior to shame. "Get out of my way!" She yelled roughly
shoving way through the mass bodies that separated them. Half climbing
over one man he yelped as she pushed him aside before he was mangled by
a ill played dragons foot..
"Allow me!" Came a deep voice from behind and Breezy felt herself
suddenly lifted and literally lobbed over the people in front of her.
Years of training served her well as she dropped and rolled to absorb
the impact and thankfully came to her feet without too much trouble.
Unfortunately, the momentum caught her off balance and she plunged
awkwardly into the irate father and they both went rolling across the
sands coming to rest at the golden queen's feet.
"You son of a *****!" Breezy hissed in uncontrollable rage. She was so
angry she was shaking and it took everything she had to maintain some
semblance of control. Jumping up her fist was only inches away from his
face when she suddenly punched him hard in the chest instead, sending
him sprawling on his back in the sand. A warm tickle on her neck made
her look up and Breezy's eyes widened at the sight and little redhead
backed away instantly. Three angry queens and one angry draconian
mother encircled them and the four colorful snouts closed in on the man
cloaking him in a haze of rather warm steam.
Looking around Breezy saw that the riders had worked swiftly getting
the civilians out of harms way and the cavern was mostly empty now
except for those who were doing there best to calm their dragons.
An evil smile came to the little woman's face, "Not such a big man now
are you Justin? Since you like picking on females so much, why don't
you try these ladies on for size!" Breezy snickered smugly whirling her
finger in the air at the furious quartet hovering above him.
The anger she felt at this man was incomprehensible and she just shook
her head in disgust. "He's all yours girls!" She quipped aloud. They
all might not understand her but they understood her tone and that was
enough and sharp fangs began to appear. With a wave of her hand the Sr.
Wingleader backed off and turned to walk away bumping into the
horrified Warrenlady.
"Breezy!!!"
The redhead stared at the blonde with a hooded expression, as if she
were a child that had just gotten caught with her hand in the cookie
chair. "Whaaat!" She answered snappishly with a deep sigh.
Sue watched as the dragons closed in around her husband. Even though
she did not know much about dragons but her instincts told her that
they are going to hurt him or even kill him. She couldn't bear the
thought of that happening. The young wife ran to the sands as fast as
she could. She stood in front of her husband with tears in her eyes
shouting," Please don't eat him! Please don't kill him!"
Breezy and the Warrenlady turned to see the young woman standing there
defending her abusive husband.
"Oh for pete's sake Sue, just let'em eat him!" Breezy quipped with a
wave of dismissal at the man.
"BREEZY!" Jeneve cried out in shock bru****ng past the Sr. Wingleader
with a glare of disapproval..
With one huge paw, Malani gently pushed Sara aside towards Harmony,
while the other clawed paw slammed down on Justin.
Withdrawing her forefoot, the golden queen looked to see the effect the
attack had had on the dangerous human.
Justin was dusty, bruised - and furious.
Drawing a long knife, he advanced on the angry queen.
The two adversaries faced one another, their eyes crazed as each
other's.
Malani bared her teeth.
"Try anything dragon, and you'll find I stick in your throat!" Justin
yelled. He thrust the knife at Malani, and the dragon lunged.
"NOOOOOO!" Jeneve's scream split the air of the cavern as she ran
forward.
Three things happened at once.
The knife flew from Justin's hand, spinning through the air over the
heads of the onlookers.
Justin was flung backwards by an invisible force, landing hard on his
back.
And Malani's jaws snapped shut on empty air.
{Tag: To anyone who wants to jump into the chaos in the cavern)
Respectfully submitted by,
Max Loga AKA Sara, Harmony, Justin and Sue
Carina Norris AKA Jeneve, and Malani
Tree Deutscher AKA Breezy, Coo, Tallon, Dev and Delilah
And lots of extras ;D
***Summary***
Mid Morning
After Lily finds Mallory Breezy leads the group back to the hatching
cavern.
As Breezy and Cassandra watch the newbies Breezy feels a sudden alarm
from her dragon before she can react Justin appears to cause trouble
shoving her out of the way
Delilah explodes when Justin slaps Harmony and Sara and goes after him
like a crazed woman ready to tear him up big time.
Justins hits Delilah as Breezy fights off Sue to get to the stableman.
Link helps Breezy 'get over the crowd' and she and Justin tumble onto
the sand.
Breezy realizes that the draconian queens and new mother plan on
dispensing their own brand of Justin she taunts Justin then turns away
only to run into Jeneve.
Sara picks up a sword to defend herself and Harmony against Justin, but
the baby dragon warns her against using it.
A horrified Jeneve jumps in and Justin goes flying, Malani eats air and
Breezy doesn't get her wish and does not live happily ever after. :D
Malani stamps on Justin, but doesn't injure him seriously. Justin is
furious and attacks Malani. The dragon is about to bit him in half,
when Jeneve runs forward. She doesn't reach them in time, but her
telekinesis throws Justin backwards out of the way, and Malani gets a
mouthful of empty air.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 03:14:39 -0700
From: "Tree Deutscher" <treedr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [USS Calypso] Tribblations or is that...........?
MD 4:1115
Brant watched his senior staff arrive, his normally hazel eyes were
tinted green from the anger he felt, or was it doubt at his own
inability to control the situation. Hell, whom was he kidding,
considering everything that had happened he hadn't had control since
setting foot on board. Was he the Captain of a doomed ****p? He had a
good crew and despite the weirdness that had assailed them since their
departure from DS 3 they had pulled together quite nicely despite
losing a crewmember so close out. Van's disappearance had been
disheartening to say the least and he couldn't bring himself to think
of her being dead. She had been a vivacious young woman and one heck of
a good engineer. Plus she'd been pretty damn easy on the eyes that was
for sure and it had left a hole for him. Damn, how he hated to lose and
now he'd managed to lose another officer. Starfleet had a tendency to
frown on Captains that kept 'losing' members of their crew especially
those of the senior staff. He'd!
be damned if he'd send another re****t in. He'd find Mitchell if it
was the last thing he did. No matter how many times Brant went over
everything that had happened he couldn't stop the frustrated doubt that
kept creeping in.
Letting out a small sigh he leaned back in the chair and steepled his
hands together lacing his fingers with a show of impatience.. Once
everyone was seated he looked around the long table. "So who wants to
go first?" the Caly Commander asked looking directly at the Counselor.
Georgi's eyes widened and ****fted around the table uncomfortably.
Despite her calling she really did hate being put in the spotlight,
especially considering what she had to re****t. Angel ****fted nervously
in the chair next to her, the hostess wisely leaving her pet in the
lounge. The last thing they needed was for the Wolf to get the Captain
even more riled then he already was. The small redhead could feel
anger, doubt and frustration exuding from him and she knew that after
the briefing she would do what she did best. But for now..
"Capt'n, Angel and ay did sum checkin' an this here Genim System. There
ain't much in the Starfleet Data Base 'bout it, but we did find some
references on it from sum Traders."
Brant eyed the two women impassively wondering what it was that was
making them both appear so nervous. "And.." he prompted after a moment.
"Well, ya see Suh..." Glancing at Angel who suddenly found her lap
quite interesting Georgi continued. "They re****ted that there was only
one inhabitable M class planet in the whole system."
The Counselor's hesitation made Brant arch a brow. "Counselor, you're
hedging, get on with it!"
Glancing again at the woman next to her Georgia sighed. "They re****ted
seein' Tribbles there Suh!"
"What???" Brant blinked in surprise, his jaw dropping slightly.
"Tribbles Suh!"
Angel finally looked up and nodded in agreement.
The Captain leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms with a grim
smirk he gazed at the women through half closed eyes. "Please tell me I
didn't hear you correctly."
"Capt'n, ya shore did."
"That's not possible." Freda interjected turning her predatory eyes on
the small redhead. "The Klingons destroyed their homeworld 200 years
ago, then sent out warbirds to all parts of the galaxy to eradicate the
species."
"The references we found were only a couple of years old!" Angel
blurted out coming to the Counselor's aid. Brant's head snapped around
and the young woman's eyes widened at the intensity of the now amber
gaze. "Sir." She added quietly.
"Sir," the Science Officer chimed in, "Who's to say the Klingons
actually found the 'homeworld' of the Tribbles as it were. Their
reproductive capabilities are well known, but what was thought to be
the homeworld could have just been an overpopulated planet. This though
would naturally lead the Klingons to believe that's what it was. In
actuality because of their reproductive cycles I don't believe the
Tribble homeworld would be such in that they would have natural
predators that would curtail the population and keep their numbers
down." Sajin said thoughtfully, falling silent at the possibilities as
he tapped furiously on his padd."
"And just what does this all have to do with us having a missing First
Officer?
{Tag: to all and any ideas as to what the natural predator of a Tribble
is? :)}
Respectfully submitted by,
Captain Brand L. Reed, Commanding
USS Calypso-B
AND
Counselor Georgi MacKendle
AKA
Tree Deutscher
***Summary***
MS 4:1115 Georgi and Angel share their findings at the briefing much
to the surprise of the Captain.
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