Huddled in the safety of the lair, against her new mommy and daddy, the tiny hatchling had almost seemed to have been sleeping soundly. If one had gotten a closer look at the hatchling though, she was starting to kick fitfully, squirming more against her "daddy", before tiny jaws parted and she cried out in fear.
Nightmares, she was still quite new to the orphannage, new to the world, and to momma and daddy, barely out of her shell when she'd been found and brought to this place.
A safe place, but nightmares still plagued the tiny form, and again she cried out in fear, calling to her parents, even though sleeping right beside them.
Dark things plagued the hatchlings dreams, why she didn't know, trying to bury herself against her parents as if that might make the terrors stop.
Teeth, fangs, she was picked up and wriggling within the nightmare, held in a grip and not released, knives, whimpers, then pain, oh the pain, as if she'd been stabbed, or was being flayed.
Perhaps, she was to have been a meal, teeth gnashing, the darkness, or that it held, descaling her, but it was all a dream, a nightmare, and she bolted awake with a start, shivering and trembling against her parents.
Nightmares, she was still quite new to the orphannage, new to the world, and to momma and daddy, barely out of her shell when she'd been found and brought to this place.
A safe place, but nightmares still plagued the tiny form, and again she cried out in fear, calling to her parents, even though sleeping right beside them.
Dark things plagued the hatchlings dreams, why she didn't know, trying to bury herself against her parents as if that might make the terrors stop.
Teeth, fangs, she was picked up and wriggling within the nightmare, held in a grip and not released, knives, whimpers, then pain, oh the pain, as if she'd been stabbed, or was being flayed.
Perhaps, she was to have been a meal, teeth gnashing, the darkness, or that it held, descaling her, but it was all a dream, a nightmare, and she bolted awake with a start, shivering and trembling against her parents.