Bomajar shifted nervously as he stood behind the crowd of candidates. He'd already been passed over for one clutch, he hoped it wouldn't happen again. But then, it was the dragons' choice that mattered.
With a loud crack, three eggs burst open at once, and a bronze, blue, and green all spilled onto the sands. Bomajar watched the bronze hopefully, but after it had already chosen its rider, he turned towards the blue. But it, too, had already decided its rider.
His anxiety built as a large egg shook and the cracks riddling it widened. Finally, as the queen pushed the male candidates away from the egg, a dainty queen dragon emerged. Bomajar smiled, watching as the gold hatchling chose her bond. Now if only one of those eggs held a dragon for him...
His wish was answered. One of the larger queen's eggs rocked and wriggled, finally hatching into a bright blue dragon. He squawked as one of his wings got caught underneath another egg somehow. Bomajar smiled as he strode over to free the blue hatchling. "Delth, you can't start out like this...Pick up your wing, and I'll push this egg out of your way. Okay?" He asked the dragon-his dragon.
Thank you B'jar, thank you so much! I didn't realize it took two to hatch...
B'jar laughed as he and Delth joined the other newly Impressed riders proudly.