((Hey, sorry I was gone a while. I had to eat dinner and do the dishes. :P))

Skye clenched her hand into a fist. This was right. It was only what everyone in her family would have wanted for her. She sighed when she glanced over at the accumulating "Darks". There were probably more people there than over here. She sent a glance towards Taylor, hoping that she could give her the same strength that was given her.

[[ Yeah I say stuff like that alot, and Shadow, can I come back tomarrow, I do feel like I am ready and maybe it's because i am tired from day I had today, and if i dont do good enough then kick me out, but as of now ill call it a night, and if i can come back tomarrow please keep me on the rp and with the same egg]]

((Byeee... D: None of you know my name heh heh heh... >D))

"Good choice, my friend. I'm Cain, care to introduce yourself to Maks and Cori here?" He said, trying to get the group of new Darks to befriend each other. After all, this was their new life, their new path in the Otherworld. He looked over at Xire, who opened one sleepy eye and stood up, tilting her head side to side, cracking her neck, then snorting a warm cloud out onto her Bond, smiling. Cain chuckled, then patted his dragon, looking up with much care in his eyes at her. "Well, now we should go to the Dark Hatchery so you all can get your bonds and learn how to live in the Otherworld. Xire'll take you over, but obviously, she's a little too tall for you to get on right now. Grab this leather strap here..." Cain gestured, taking hold of the brown length of cow-hide. "And pull yourself up like this! I can lend you a hand if you need it." He said, hoisting himself up onto Xire. "You first." Cain pointed at Cori, who looked from Xire's face down to the man.

She gingerly grabbed the strap, sticking her other hand up for Cain to grab. Cori had always had good upper-body strength, but with a beast that powerful, she would have as much help as she could get. The Dark leader grabbed her forearm and pulled her up, beconing that she should sit near the back. "Alright," Cain looked at the other two boys. "Your turns."

[[Chase. I don't believe you are ready. Practice your writing skill with different rp's. Please. And please stop spamming this thread. I don't want to see another post.]]

Taylor looked at her only Light. She fought the urge to sigh. Instead, she spread her arms out around her and twirled. "This is the hatchery of light," She said as Shadow closed the door behind them. The hatchery still illuminated with a hearty glow. Shadow padded back over to her and Taylor rest her shoulder on him and leaned into him. "This is Shadow. He is my bond and had hatched out of one of these eggs," She said, gesturing to the many eggs around them. "They sit here for centuries and wait for the right partner to choose them. One of them will call to you," She said to Skye. "See if you can find your match now."

[[ Last Post: Ok, I don't get the reasoning behind it, but if you truly want me to stop then I guess i'll find some other thing that I think might intrist me, but when is the earliest I can come back? After this m*censored*age I promise no more unless you say so]]

Jess blinked, feeling suddenly very shy. He was in the presence of a Dragon Rider, or at least that's what his mind told him. He still really couldn't make heads or tails of this strange world, even if he had been there for a month. "My... name is Jasper, but everyone calls me Jess." he said, quietly. He hadn't spoken at all in the past month and it hurt to speak now. He swallowed at the dryness in his throat as he watched Cori climb onto the dragon. He didn't think he could do it, but he slowly walked over and at least tried. It ended with him losing his grip and falling flat on the ground. He opened his eyes and stared up at the dragon, seeing stars. Things were not going well for him.  

[[I truly don't know Chase. When I write, I get lost in my character and feel like I am in their place. It's where I can escape from the real world if I really need to. I'll wait for you to experience that and still be able to type a coherent sentence. Roughly, a year, if you keep practicing.]]

Taylor walked over to her and looked at the brownish egg. The white specks gave it a more lively look and the wings definitely meant something. "If you can feel it here," She pointed to her heart. "Then it's probably the one. Shadow's was a bit easier. Whenever I touched his egg, the blue markings glowed," She murmered and looked up at Shadow's calm face, suddenly feeling secure and she felt her muscles loosen. "God, it sucks being me," She said, then realizing she had spoken her thoughts aloud.

((Oh noes! I don't have parental controls, i just suffer if i sleep late with more work the next day. :P))

Skye touched the egg once more. She blinked. Either it had been her or that egg had slightly moved. She shrugged it off and smiled. It definitely had to be that one. She gave a look of hope towards Taylor and nodded. "I know it's this one." She looked back at the egg. Yeah, it was really "calling out". It's not like there were voices or anything, but she felt a strong pas.son for whatever was inside of it.

"Well then, Mr. Jess, need a hand getting up? It's alright, most first-timers can't get up properly." Cain shoved own his hand, holding onto the leather loop around Xire's neck that attatched to the grip. Cori sat a bit uncomfortably near the beginning of the wings. Obviously, she was a little nervous about flying on such a magnificent creature, but she was also just nervous about it's strength. There was a pulsing warmth through the dragon, as if she were sitting by a heater in her house. It was just the right temperature, calming and soothing. That made Corrine's muscles relax a little, and she mumbled something about being glad to meet Jess.

((failpost, sorry.))

Jess pushed himself up again, which was becoming increasingly difficult as his energy was slowly being witted away. He had never slept well in this area. At first, it had only been the discomfort and shock of sleeping in the trees, then, as time went on, the area had worn on his nerves and he could barely sleep at all. That was a lot of stress to put on one's body all of a sudden. 

He managed to grab onto Cain's hand and used that to pull himself up, not very gracefully, but at least he was up. He sat behind Cori, careful to keep his legs and feet out of the way of the dragon's wings. He didn't want to make flying difficult for Xire. He sighed slightly. Xire was so warm that it made him want to fall asleep right there, even if he knew he couldn't.

(( "Glad to meet Jess"? Do you mean Cain? :/))

((No, she just met Jess. :3))

Corrine scooched up a bit, letting Jess climb on behind her, then looked at Maks expectingly. Though the strangeness of this world- no, it was a dream, a dream that was strange, but she was excited. A hatchery, huh? She wondered silently what they would be hatching, be it something like Taylor's Shadow, or something beautiful like Xire. She hoped she would get something as mystical and graceful for her Bond. What a great story this would be to tell her friends, her fantastical dream of sorts. The warmth of Xire grew more and more soothing as she waited for Maks to mount, wondering where the dark dragon had origionated from.

Cain called out and beckoned to Maks, trying to get the other boy on the dragon so he could see the new Darks happy with their Bonds. He patted Xire a couple of times, the dragoness not used to weight other than Cain's, though she did ferry new Darks every once and a while. Unfortunately, most newcomers were lured in by Taylor's sweetness, and appalled by her depiction of the Darklands and it's inhabitants. There was nothing happier to him than a new Dark to see the right side of things.

Maks scrabbled on Xire and hauled himself up onto the dragon's scaly back. The warmth of the beautiful creature seeped through him and for once the evil that had engulfed him was stricken by the kindness in the dragon. His eyes softened and he thought. What am I doing? I should be a Light. The evil overwelmed him once more and he was overcome with Dark thoughts. He pulled his leg over the other side of the dragon's torso and grabbed onto a dark, red scale that would allow him to ride through the wind without falling off. He nodded to Cain, still confused about everything.

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Taylor smiled happily. "You can pick your egg up now. It won't hatch until it feels ready, though you found each other quickly. That is a good sign," She observed as the egg seemed to move under Skye's touch. Shadow padded in front of Taylor, knowing what was coming. "I do not live here in the hatchery. "Climb onto Shadow and I'll take you to where we are to live," She said, thinking of the large mansion where most Lights had lived. She did not know where they went when they dissappeared. They just went. The Light territory stretched far and wide so they could be anywhere. Taylor knew she was the longest to stay, taking up the leader's position and leading New Lights to their new life.

Taylor climbed onto Shadow herself and he bent down lower so it would be easier for Skye to get on. Clearly, she wasn't used to this and he wanted to make it as easy for her as possible. Like Xier, Shadow did not wear a saddle. The way his body was porportioned, the wind cut harmlessly around the rider without any fear of them falling off. A thought came to Taylor and she suddenly wondered what it would feel like to ride Xier. Sh eimagined the scales scalding to touch, but Cain and the others had no problem. She shrugged off the thought, knowing she would never feel Xier's scales. She then realized how weird that thought had been. She should not be imagining on what it was like to ride Xier.

[[I actually know the code to get out of parental controls. My parents don't know though lol. But I would have to go to my dad's account on my comp. and then turn them off and I was too lazy to XD.]]

A glint of happiness caught in Cain's eye as the three newcomers mounted Xire, trying to ignore the momentary flash of change in Maks' eyes. "All right then, off we go! Your Bonds await." He smiled, facing forwards, and made a clicking noise, signaling for Xire's takeoff. What would their Bonds be, he wondered, remembering Xire's own egg. Scalding to the touch and black, with veins of burning charcoal striking through it, as if a crack in the Earth's crust was seeping out molten magma. Of course, that was along the lines of Xire's origin, the mas.sive dragoness forged in the heat of the Earth's core. I hope they have a Bond as magnificent as her... Cain thought hopefull, rubbing the base of Xire's neck kindly as they began to soar through the air.

Corrine grapped onto one of the dragon's large, deep red scales, trying to prevent herself from looking down. As terrifyed as she was of heights, she trusted Xire not to drop her, and rushing through the air, wind whistling in her ear, was exhilarating! The girl peered over the edge of the dragoness's torso, only to immediately refocus on the red scale, quivering at their altitude. Don't look down Cori, don't look. She repeated over and over, trying to relax herself in the air. If she recieved a Bond that flew, she would have to get used to this, so why not start now?

((Xire doesn't have a saddle, just a leather strap that makes one ring around her neck and has a little jutt-off strap for easy access to mount. :3))