The
Dragon’s Enchantment
PART 1
Chapter 1:Raising a
Helper
“It is good,”
King Omni said as he smiled and observed all around him, “My Castle, My
beautiful grounds, my wonderful servants and, best of all, my soon to hatch
helper.”
“Why an egg, your highness? Why not just
create an adult creature?” asked Tarnen, the guide in charge of watching the
egg. Tarnen and his fellow servants all had blues eyes and pointy ears and were
created before the egg, fully grown.
“This
is a special creature,” said the King, “It needs to be nurtured and grown
slowly. It must be raised with love, care, and patience. It needs to have time
to mature.”
Ninety
days later, Tarnen rushed to the kitchen
.
King Omni was giving instructions to the kitchen servants: “Make sure the meal
is soft, wet, and well ground for our new arrival. We would not wish him to
choke.”
Tarnen
made his way to King Omni’s side, gave a quick bow, and said excitedly, “Your Lordship,
it’s happening! The egg is starting to crack.”
“Go Keep watch on it. I will be there
shortly,” said King Omni.
“Yes, Your
Majesty,” Tarnen said with another bow and rushed back to the Celebration
Hall
where the egg lay. He looked at the cracks forming in the egg. “Too bad it has
to hatch. It is so beautiful.”
The
egg had a golden hue with undertones of rainbows like reflections and it was as
big
as
a watermelon. It rested on a purple velvet warming pillow on a knee-high wide
pillar in the middle of the Celebration Hall.
“I
wonder what is in that egg,” said a guard who had been left to watch it while Tarnen
went to find King Omni, “The King has never told us what was in the egg.”
“Anything
in there will be new to us. We have never seen an egg this size before,” Tarnen
replied, “We have only seen the plain white chicken eggs in the royal kitchen
coop.”
The
cracks kept increasing. King Omni entered the room just as a small hole
appeared.
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