Dark. Cold and dark. that was all he could understand for what seemed like forever. Suddenly a slight warmth reaching out to give the prison he was encased in a gentle touch, and his claw reached out to touch the side of the shell he had not been able to break. He had already tried, but it was too strong. However, that one warm touch seemed to make all the difference. He took a small moment to gather his strength and the shell shuddered as he beat against it. No, that wasn't good enough! He had to do better! Someone was there to see him. if he could just break free of the black prison of darkness, then he would be free to see this person. Remembering the sudden warmth made his resolve to escape all the stronger. there was someone out there, but who was it? He had to know! If only he was a little bit stronger!<br/>________________________________<br/><br/>Arndell took notice of the way the egg reacted to the girls touch and smiled. "Go on and touch it again. The little guy seemed to like it."<br/>________________________________<br/><br/>Cold. Darkness never ending, and the warmth was gone. The prison must be eternal, because the warmth had left after a few short moments.<br/><br/>No... Was it coming back? Was his mind playing tricks on him? He felt the side of the prison of hard shelled darkness, and smiled. it wasn't his imagination. Someone was waiting for him. He knew that now, and with his resolve now stronger than it had ever been, he realized something.<br/><br/>...<br/>......<br/>He hadn't tried uncurling himself.<br/><br/>Well now he felt completely and utterly stupid. Could he blame that on undeveloped brain cells? Yeah, probably. He technically hadn't hatched yet so that was a possibility. Wait...<span style="font-style: italic">Hadn't hatched yet?</span>Now he knew why he could only see black nothingness. yep, definitely chalking that one up to undeveloped brain cells. but the warmth was still there. It hadn't left this time! Uncurling himself, he stood up at 4 feet tall and stretched out his arms, putting one hand against each side of the egg. pushing with renewed strength against the walls of the egg, he broke free and the shell busted into several golden shards.<br/><br/>He blinked several times at the figure in front of him. The warmth... it was this... girl... yeah. Definitely a girl. How he knew that he wasn't sure, but it seemed she was harmless enough. The newly hatched baby dragon circled her, inspecting her as his eyes finally adjusted to the light. His scales were a royal purple hue and his eyes a deep sea green. standing on his back two legs like a dog doing a trick, he suddenly morphed his appearance to a young boy that looked about eight or nine years of age with the same color hair as his scales, and those same sea green eyes and spoke. His voice resonated power and kindness despite his appearance of a small child and also the fact that he just hatched.<br/><br/>"Thank you for rescuing me from that prison of darkness. Are you going to be taking care of me, then?"