I wait quietly as we all sit tensely staring at the eggs. Fang had been very intent on finding his sister a perfect place to lay her eggs. He was helpful but could become annoying. But now it didn't matter because the time had come. 

Nightholly lay curled around our eggs keeping them warm as they neared hatching. Fang and I sitting across from her. My heart stops when I hear the first crack. It's the egg closest to Fang. The single crack spreads quickly in a spider web design almost like lightning. It was only a second later when the eggshell burst apart and revealed a small furious looking hatchling already standing in an almost battle position. 

It was slightly alarming to see. 

But this female was my firstborn. And I wouldn't have mattered if her egg was floating while she hatched. Her name was decided before she was born. We had decided in honor of Nightholly's family we would combine the names of her brothers to name our firstborn hatchling.

" Darkfang," I say coming near to her. Her dark eyes snap to observe me. Seeming calculating and untrustful. She hisses when I pick up her eggshell to get it out of the nest. Another egg starts to crack but our attention is on Darkfang.  

" Come Darkfang," Fang says slowly lowering himself to her level of sight. Her ears fall flat against her head as she slowly stalks towards him as if she already had known her name before we had decided it. 

"Maybe she did."

Don't be stupid. I snap at the voice. 

She finishes her overview of her uncle to come sit in front of her sibling's eggs. She sits with a stance of authority like nothing I have ever seen before. She lets out a small growl as she gazes at them. THe six that had not started cracking do so. Her dark navy blue eyes watching... waiting. 

The next egg erupted into flames before a strong male sat up looking towards his sibling. Fang was the first to mention the odd characteristic of the hatchling. 

" Why is he red?" 

None of us answer as he gazes at the odd-colored Hatchling. " His name his Blazefire," His scales were a deep red while his eyes a golden yellow. And at the tip of his tail was a continuous burning flame. He took a seat next to his sister who was waiting impatiently for her siblings to emerge from her shell. The third egg cracks fully open. My next child lifts herself out of her shell slowly and gracefully like she had only just woken from a pleasant dream. Her scales were the dark color of Darkfang's eyes while her ears and wing tips faded into dark green.

" Look at her eyes," Nightholly says looking at our beautiful little girl. Her eyes were the color of life itself. With every shade of green possible in her eyes.  " Her name will be Skyress," Nightholly whispers as she watches as plants start to grown wherever the little one takes a step. She walks to each of her parents before laying down like a sphinx in front of Darkfang also looking in wait for her siblings who had almost at the same time started climbing out of their shells.  

One of Skyress's plants comes to close to Darkfang. Darkfang only looks at the pest before the flower withers and dies. 

" What in the-" I don't bother finishing the sentence. 

Nightholly's Icy eyes look out from one of the shells as cool air enters the cave. A pure white Night Fury comes out shaking away the pieces of shell. 

" Sapphire"

The little dragon ran as best as she could towards her siblings nuzzling them, when It came to Darkfang's turn she moved away lightly in a ' your close enough' gesture. Sapphire moves on not caring, her interest now on the adults around the room. 

Silver was next. Her egg cracked open with the sound of a whispering wind, Her scales a soft, cloudy grey while her wings faded to white and her years faded into a black. We named her SIlver for how shiny color of her grey scales. 

The fifth hatchling was Identical to Darkfang minus the fact he was a male and his eyes where a lighter shade of blue. More close to Darklight's eyes. He was named Twilight. Twilight was closely followed by Bolt. A Hatchling with Dark Blue scales and silver eyes. His tail was formed oddly as it had Four tail fins rather than two. 

The last egg took a while longer to open then the others. This hatchling smaller than all the others. His scales were black with a few odd green streaks down his wings. His eyes identical to mine. 

" Nightstar," I say as I bring him towards his siblings. 

It's not long before all the small dragons had fallen asleep and we had cleaned out the rest of the eggshells. 

I am now the father of eight. We talked worriedly over their odd coloring wondering why they appeared so odd looking.  I even left to consult Night on reasons why. His only response was that all Night Fury's had Black scales regardless and perhaps there was something wrong with them. 

But only time will tell.