Elewen was lying on her bed, stroking her crooning fire lizard's golden head when the hatching of Nozomith's clutch was announced. She jumped up and pulled on her white candidacy robe, and joined the other candidates streaming towards the sands.
Elewen half hid behind the rest of the candidates, ducking her head shyly. The first of the eggs wobbled and cracked, spilling a hatchling brown dragon onto the sands. The brown impressed to a young woman, to the applause of the watching crowd.
More blues and browns hatched, and even a bronze dragonet, though had been no greens yet. Then a smaller egg shattered into a dainty green dragon. The green's bond rushed onto the sands then, followed by the brown-riding searchrider. The duo left the sands happily as the queen egg rocked and cracked.
An elegant golden dragoness stepped from the shards of her egg as the girls crowded towards her. Elewen watched wistfully as the queen hatchling chose her rider.
Then another egg hatched, revealing a bright green dragon. Her bright blue brother followed her to the female candidates, but the green stopped in front of Elewen. You can write that I am Koneth, and my chosen is Elewen. She cannot speak, you know. I will be her voice. Elewen heard the green announce, and realized that she had actually impressed a dragon! She hesitated, almost too embarrassed to move when she realized everyone was watching her, but then she saw the green's whirling green-blue eyes looking up at her, and she let out a silent laugh as she hugged the little green to her.
Koneth also let it be known that she was hungry, and Elewen smiled as she led her dragon off the sands.