Muejiza

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"Can we please slow down a bit?" asked Naach, balancing what familiars could fit on his shoulders while the others walked either circling the groupd of dragons or following them in a messy line.
"Mr Wobblegomm is shivering" he went on "and Pouty FruFru is thirsty. Nanny Naui is very tired and it's nagging at Toddlydoo"
Cascade, the giant imperial preceding him in line, sighed as she fixed her hat between her horns.
"You just HAD to bring all of your critters haven't you" she wasn't really mad, just frustrated at the constant stops that were dragging on this journey to the Ashfall Wastes for more than her nerves could tolerate.
Atres, who walked in front of Cascade, turned around to show her a sympathetic look.
"We're close, we can take a rest" Shanna was leading the group of four to her native territories, cocooned in her sea slug cloak to try to keep out the cold breeze of the Southern Icefield.
Naach let a relieved sigh as all the familiars caught up with the group and gathered around him. he started feeding them picking up a handful of familiar food pellets and tossing it at them in a way that made him look more like a farmer seeding his fields than a familiarsitter tending to his beasties.
"I can give some water to FruFru while you're taking care of the others" said Cascade, taking out her giant water canteen and grabbing a grey noggle.
"No, no, that's not Pouty FruFru, that's Falabble" Naach grabbed another Noggle from the bunch "that's FruFru"
Cascade sighed again "sorry, they look identical"
"What are you saying?! They're completely different! Look!" Naach grabbed both noggles and held them up in their paws. Apart of a small spot on the nose of the left one, which may or may not have been just a spot of dirt, they were in fact identical. They even blinked in synch.
Cascade let yet another sigh.
Atres took the chance to put down a large towel and put down his heavy bag. He checked inside it, but ultimately raised his head and his gaze to the horizon in disappointment.
Shanna walked towards him and let her cloak cover and keep warm both of them.
"Haven't they hatched yet? she asked, asking with her gaze to take a look at the eggs in the bag.
"No,they're... still. I thought they would crack during the journey as Yaazaniah said it happened on his boat but... they didn't. I hope they're alright"
"I'm sure they will, Rosebud" Shanna gently kissed Atres' forehead. He smiled softly "oh, stop it, you're making me all warm and fuzzy"
"You sai as if it was a bad things, getting warm in the middle of this snow-capped desert"
"Well..."
"I can't believe it!" screamed Naach's voice "Atres, Shanna, do you know how it's called?" the ridgeback raised a green fiendcat.
"Uhm... Greenywee?" said Atres. Naach laid his left palm over his chest as he exhaled a sigh of betrayal.
"It's Grubbyfoo. Oh by the Arcanist, I can't believe it. We've been together for YEARS and you still don't know any off their names!"
"Naach, you have hundreds of them aaand keep adopting a new one once a week. It's impossibile to keep track of all their names. I can't believe you do either"
Naach opened his mouth as to reply but he swiftly closed it, as he didn't want to neither admit they were right nor lie to his partners.
"So, Shanna, what's our next step?" Cascade, being the longest of them, circled all around the group shiedling them from the freezing winds with her wings. Shanna grabbed her map and put it at the centre of the circle, pointing to two different regions separated by a tentacle of sea.
"We're here, this is where I came from. We'll have to fly across the water, so we need to rest and gather our strength for the flight. If the ice didn't help the eggs to hatch, it's time to try something warmer"
They nodded in agreement, looking forward to meet one of the Bohemian Clan's oldest ally as soon as they get up from their little nap.

Dragon history wrote by XenonArrow.