As the festivities came to a close, the smaller of the two original hatchlings decided it was time for everyone to go. He shuffled and shoved the newborns back through the narrow crawlspace he and Mimic had entered through. The two older hatchlings followed behind the last of the batch to make sure there were no stragglers.
When they arrived back at the entrance to their hideout, they were surprised to see a green fae greeting their party guests.
“Hello, happy birthday! Welcome to the world!” the fae chirped at the newborns.
The smaller hatchling clenched his tiny fists in frustration and marched up to the fae.
“What are you doing here? Who told you?”
“Hello Phausis. A better question is where did you and that Jawlocker of yours get all these eggs?”
Phausis was caught off guard, and stuttered out his response, “Uh… we found them.” He steeled his gaze against the fae, locking eyes with him defiantly.
The fae shrugged and patted one of the newborns on the head as it ambled past. “I’m surprised the Jawlocker didn’t eat them before you could have your fun.”
Phausis glanced back at Mimic, who looked very annoyed. “I wouldn’t let him do that,” he lied.
“The hatchlings are welcome to stay with the clan as long as they need to, but you two had better find someone to take care of them or do it yourself. You don’t get to hatch a bunch of young ones into the world and take no responsibility for them.”
The two older hatchlings groaned in unison.
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Thanks for sticking with me through all that! I will hopefully have an auction thread up in a day or two, and it will be linked here once its up.
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