Shandra |
The first thing you see when you look around is Laboradorite coming towards you, paws outstretched, about to give you a big hug. Succumbing to the furry embrace you laugh.
"Good to have you back again!" Laboradorite says. You're pleased to see him too, though a little embarrassed by his exuberance. Laboradorite grins and you as if sensing what you're thinking.
"I'm not usually like this, it's just, well, come with me and see!" He turns and hurries off. You follow, dodging craggy outcrops of crystal. He slows down his hustling pace a bit, and smiles sheepishly. "It's like I'm young again, bouncing and full of energy."
"How old are you?" You ask, as you are unaware of how to tell how old a polar bear is just by looking at it. Laboradorite stops and turns to you.
"Oh my friend, I have been here long before you were even thought of, and I will be long here after you're gone and forgotten. Though I might remember you.. I've watched mountains grow, and seasons change as if no time had passed at all. In fact, I remember this mountain growing. It used to be far underground, where crystals could take millenia and millenia to form. And it was in the depths of the earth until huge and powerful forces pushed it up, towards the light...It is rumoured that the crystals are alive, and that all they seek is light. Now they grow here, and make this place sparkle. They have created the Mirror lake...the air is so peaceful here, there are few ripples." He chuckles, and starts walking again.
Caught unawares by his story and left behind, you run to catch up. Looking ahead, you see a petite winged creature flitting about behind a low crystal cliff. 'That must be Spark'. You remember meeting the flutterwing a previous time you were here.
You catch up to Laboradorite and Spark, both of whom are standing proudly looking down. You glance the way they are looking, and to your delight, see a small red dragon, wobbling around in the remains of her eggshells.
You laugh in delight, kneel down, and reach out a hand to the dragon.
'Shandra'
She sniffs at your hand, and falls over with the dragon equvalent of a sneeze. You all laugh. Shandra then proceeds to stumble all over you, shaking eggshell everywhere, and generally making a nusiance of herself. You are all quite smitten with the small dragon.
She has no wings yet, and wanders around for a while, sniffing everything, then yawns and collapses in a large heap on your lap and promptly goes to sleep. You lean against an outcrop and put your arms around Shandra. Laboradorite smiles softly, and he and Spark wander quietly off. You drift off to sleep with the hatchling in your arms.
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Time goes slowly by, and Shandra grows. She can't (or won't) talk yet, though she loves to explore, and Laboradorite and Spark find her sleeping in the strangest of places.
One day when you come for your usual visit, you realise that Shandra has grown! She is as tall as you while she's sitting, her wings have started to grow, and her green eyes glisten with curiosity.
She walks over to stand before you and softly says hullo. You smile and greet her back. Laboradorite comes over. He strokes Shandra's scales and says "Would you like a story?"
Shandra nods and you all sit down to listen.
Shandra gets more curious everyday, she is always asking you questions, about everything...and she seems to absorb it all too, storing the knowledge away for later. And her curiosity, great even while she was a hatchling, is rather a lot worse now. Usually she cannot be found, and causes no end of trouble to Laboradorite and Spark when they want to find her.
She seems to love your visits, and nearly always finds you first, with a new question or theory she wants and explanation for
Stats:
Name
Shandra
Gender
Female
Color
Light Blue
Stage
Dragonet
Type
Unknown
Clutch Number
8
Birthday
28/11/2002
Parents
Khajag & Kyrissaean
Dragons that were once from KelticRose Isle can now be found at :
Isle of Mirrors
Planet Twenty
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