"STUBBY?" the golden dragon hissed indignantly at the hatchling when he saw both mother and son stare at his rather bland crest and frill, completely embarrassed by the hatchling's words he snarled in warning at the both of them.
Lady SilverFang regained control of herself before glaring at her impudent son, "That is rather rude Tvaylin, regardless of those being your first words it doesn't change the fact that you rudely insulted one of our seniors, now turn, bow your head, and apologize before he roasts you alive!" she said to her son in a hiss compelling instant obedience from the child as Tvaylin turned and did as was told before standing up like he hadn't just insulted a representative!
The representative was so angry the temperature became noticeably warmer around the dragon as its fire breath begged for release but was contained inside the golden dragon's gullet, he restrained himself as he saw the boy bow in apology before acting lie nothing had happened making the Rep almost lose his mind at the blatant disrespect, this wasn't the first time that a Clutch Champion hatchling had insulted his rather dull-looking crest but it was never easy to tolerate as he was trying to recruit them and it wouldn't do any good to fry them the first meeting they have.
The Rep inspected the hatchling as he stood tall next to the large dragon, unafraid as to what was going to happen to him, curiously watching everything and listening to every word spoken between his mother and himself. "What a curious hatchling, and you said he was smaller than the competing male and still won out in the end?" he asked.
Lady SilverFang nodded before describing how Tvaylin clawed out his brother's eyes and used his claws to kill him, she wasn't sad at the loss it was The Way of the Dragons, it has been this way since the dawn of the dragon's.
The Rep started to inspect the claws of the hatchling a bit closer and so he focused on the hatchlings arms and noticed the strengthened arms as well as the thicker scales but he could also detect energy pooling in the hatchlings paws ever so slowly, with his curiosity peeked he decided he wanted this Silver Dragon Clutch Champion in one of his squads of protectors, "When can I pick him up?" he asked Lady SilverFang as he focused on the Lady.
The Lady thought for a minute doing some mental calculations before she responded, " Three months from now you may come back and take him to Learn The Way of the Protector, until then I will instruct him with manners!" she said vehemently as she glared at the little trouble maker.
Shortly after, the Rep finalized the deals he had made his way out of the Ladys home to report back to the main family on the progress he had made leaving the mother and son to go back to the clutch cave and digest all that had been agreed upon and the changing fortunes of the SilverFang line, Tvaylin quickly went back to sleep after his mother put him back in the clutch chamber.
Lady SilverFang laid in the next cavern over as she thought about her son's future, 'it was not going to be easy on the hatchling but it had to be done, for the good of the clan.' her son was going to be trained by the best, he was going to learn how to kill and make war way better then she could do for her son so she did all she could to secure his future. The Rep had even been authorized to offer the youngest daughter of the current Gold Dragon head's line to be betrothed to Tvaylin but she had stalled them, not wishing to force her son to do anything more than she already has, this was the least she could do, he would have plenty of suitors in the training grounds if he so desired, but it would be his choice, so she decided to hold off for as long as she could before making a decision and the representative gave her till he returned to agree or the deal would be void.
The hatchling was once again twitching in his sleep as more dreams flashed by in his dream. This time he was a Copper Dragon on some nameless island pinning a smaller black dragon down into the ground as it inhaled to use its acid breath on the stuck dragon but a second black dragon struck the copper dragon from behind, ripping into his back before the dream flashed and he was whisked away into a different dream where he was an ancient Silver Dragon sitting on a mountain looking down on its territory in all its glory as the sun bathed its body as lesser dragons brought him gifts, before it too disappeared into nothingness.
Tvaylins dreams inspired him, he wanted to be like that silver dragon, a quiet powerful being that radiated an air of majesty, or the might of the strong copper dragon completely overpowering his single target, just thinking about that he shivered as he burned the images in his brain. Seeing as he was wide awake Tvaylins mother picked him up once again much to the startled hatchlings annoyance.
"Tvaylin you have much to learn and so little time, from now on I will be teaching you everything I know about manners and how to fight in preparation for joining The Way of the Protector," she said as she brought her face near to her son so he could see her as she talked to him.
"I know mother, I must be ready to fight and win right?" Tvaylin asked unafraid as he waited for her to answer his question.
Lady SilverFang looked at her son in astonishment at how intelligent he was already, most hatchlings were consumed by instincts for quite some time, but it looked like she found out where the World Mana was enhancing her son, his cognitive abilities were astounding for such a young dragon, " My son, you are truly blessed!" she said with great joy as she began to teach her son all she knew about the world and the rules in it to prepare her son for what was to come.