Seven tails of one tale

legends 1: Mamba

Merciless, murderer, fiend, fear, leader, these are but a few words. describing Mamba queen of the order of cobras. a dragon so feared that uttering her name was thought to attract her attention,

And attracting her notice. meant you were effectively already dead. but Mamba wasn't always a cold-blooded murderer. with eyes and ears everywhere in the desert. she used to be so much different,

It's all happened so long ago. in a village in the kingdom of sand a village with a name lost to time. but use to be called oasis dunes. a beautiful paradise of a village. in the desert gem amid the scorching heat,

In this village a strong male sandwing warrior. named Dragonbite was fighting with his comrades. while waiting for word from his pregnant mate Rosemary. they had already had one dragonet a healthy young male they named Taipan. he was probably the most excited about soon having a little sister,

Dragonbite won match after match against his comrades. as a young sandwing rush to him. Dragonbite knock his opponent down. as he turn his attention to the dragonet who was his son,

"Dad! Mom is going to lay the egg any minute. she sent me to get you." Taipan said as Dragonbite's heart skipped a beat. as he ran with Taipan to get to their home soon as possible,

They arrived at their home. Dragonbite and Taipan entered their home Dragonbite run into the room Rosemary was in. she was sleeping and next to her warm scales. was a pale gray egg with black speckles across itself surface. Dragonbite and Taipan was too late for the laying. but the egg had arrived all the same the egg that contained Taipan's little sister,

Dragonbite poke his snout to Rosemary's snout. giving a few affectionate licks on her snout. as her eyes flutter open seeing him before her she smiled at him,

Taipan curiously approach the egg touching its surface. it was warm when Taipan turn the egg letting the sun light beam on it. he could see his sister inside Rosemary smiled at her son's curiosity. as she wrap her tail protectively around the egg,

Taipan stepped back a bit. and looked up at his mother. "mom when will she hatch?" Taipan asked. it was such a innocent question as Rosemary licked the top of his head before she responded. "in a few months Taipan. you'll have your sister soon enough." she said warm and motherly. as Taipan nestled himself against his mother to take a short nap,

Dragonbite looked at his family feeling his heart filled with joy. over the things he and Rosemary accomplished together. bringing two dragonets into the world he joined them. holding one of wings over Rosemary and Taipan who was fast asleep,

Day after day. Taipan checked on the egg hardly able to wait for his sister to hatch. Rosemary thought it was nice and adorable. that he was going to be a good big brother to his sister. because she watched him do this every day.

Days turned to weeks. and the weeks turn to months. as the day of the hatching was fast approaching. Taipan's second hatching day was in a merely one day away. but his excitement for the event was overshadowed. by his excitement for his sister getting so close to breaking her shell and join the family,

Taipan return home after some playing with other dragonets his age. In his mother's room he notice them egg was moving. he excitedly woke up Rosemary who look to it too and told Taipan. "quickly Taipan go get your dad!" Rosemary said as Taipan hurried from the house to the combat practice ring,

When Dragonbite saw Taipan he realized with a start exactly what was going on. and apologized to his allies calling off the fight. so that he could return home with Taipan

The two arrive just in time. as the egg was rocking more violently. the moment of the hatching was upon the family they watched. as a black talon broke through the egg shell,