(Dragon Lands; Home of Alexander and Valitora)

Crack!

A cracking sound echoed throughout the cave. Heavy footsteps could be heard.

"Val! I think it's time!" a slightly distorted tenor voice called.

"On my way, dear. Hold on." responded a somewhat higher pitched (and much smoother) voice.

Crack! Crackcrackcrack! Crackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrack!!!

Whatever that was was certainly breaking.

With a final explosive sound, the world was revealed.

To a small platinum dragon with a mark of a cross on one arm.

"Alex! Look! He's a Warder Dragon!"

The lower pitched voice responded, "Well, sure. My great grandfather was one. It does happen."

It turned out that the object of attention also sparkled in the sunlight.

"What?! He's also a Sapphire Dragon!"

"Can't be. He's golden."

"But only Sapphires sparkle like that. My great uncle is one. So is my aunt. I should know."

"One way to find out for sure..."

OUCH!

"Nope. He's a Warder, alright. The scales underneath are the same as his base colour, and they aren't sparkling."

"Alexander! He's just grown those scales. Did you REALLY have to do that?"

"Only way to make sure." was the unapologetic reply.

"(Sigh.) Whatever. Let's just get him cleaned up." And clean up they did. The object of their affection was rubbed down with what passed for a cloth, removing the residue of his egg. Suddenly, a holographic bar appeared over the cleaned baby dragon.

Name: Burning Bright

The one by the name of Valitora blinked a few times, then shrugged. "As good a name as any. If he has his own name already, well, it just saves us the trouble of giving him one."

"Burning Bright. A fitting name, I think. Don't you?" Alex mused, turning the last toward her mate.

"Don't ask me! I've never been good with these things, anyway." Valitora replied defensively.

"Burning Bright it is, then." Alex said, more than a bit smugly.

The two of them smiled at their accomplishment. They knew that he would be important, someday. A real warrior, as those of his subspecies usuallly were.

They didn't know the half of it.

Author's Note

Short one this time, but I might edit that later.