Azephail shook his head and snorted at the naked threat in Lady SilverFangs sharp eyes, he grew weary of this dragon of lesser birth's threats, he stood to his full height and what looked like golden fire started to bleed through his scales around his crest, "ENOUGH OF YOUR PRATTLING! Threaten me again and I will break all negotiations off! War effort be DAMNED!" he yelled at her in rage.
Lady SilverFang stood her ground for as long as she could but that last threat finally cowed her to stop threatening Azephail with her words anyways, she had such a scowl on that only a mother could make.
Seeing that the Lady had calmed down enough to have a civil conversation," Ahem, sorry for my outburst, the war is taking its toll on all of us it seems," he said evenly. " The deal of being betrothed to a princess of the noble king's line was approved by the king and his mates, you will also receive monetary aid to rebuild your home and pay for its upkeep for 15 years for every year that Tvaylin serves in the army on top of any merits he earns during his time, as requested by you, the betrothal can be nulled if both parties agree to an annulment". he finished quickly as to distract the angry dragoness in front of him less she snap once again.
In the fine print of the contract that had been written up, it stated that the wedding was set for the day of the princess's 25 birthday. She was currently only 3 years of age so the pair of wyrmlings weren't too far in age and it still gave them 22 years to figure out if the betrothal would actually work out or if Tvaylin would have been killed in the war or any other reason to not go through with the wedding.
Lady SilverFang slowly calmed down as Azephail listed off all of her requests of the contract of assigning him to the military. She was slowly starting to fill with excitement as her son would receive some of the best training in the world, he was bound for greatness, if he didn't die in the war...
Azephail was concerned that she would back out of the deal regardless of the threats they had said moments ago they both had what the other wanted so he had one last thing to offer, "If you agree to this before I leave today I will also promise you that I will keep him out of the most dangerous missions, I can't promise easy missions for him but I can promise that he won't go on the worst". he said as he kept eye contact.
Lady SilverFang finally relented as the promise was voiced, "Fine, you can have my son for now, But I want him back in ONE PIECE or I will kill you or die trying". she threatened as she turned her back on him to go get her son. " I will be back in a moment". she said
She slowly crept into her home moving neither fast nor slow, she tasted the air and smelled her son she tried desperately to hold that smell in her memory as she knew it would be a few years till she saw her son again. She found him still asleep on the kill pile covered in blood, she calmly picked him up waking him as he was lifted into the air as she turned back to the entrance to her home.
"My son you have done so well! I am so very proud of you, and I know you will grow up to be big and strong but please don't get hurt! Mom Loves you very much!" she said as she held him close. once she made it back she handed a very confused and blood-drenched wyrmling to the golden dragon. "Keep him safe Azephail."
Azephail was slightly disturbed at just how much gore was on the little dragon in his paw, did he just get taken out of a pool of blood? It was everywhere now! "Tvaylin, my name is Azephail, you will be coming with me to the Capital, I'm sorry this is very abrupt but we must start your training immediately!" he said as he looked at Tvaylin.
Tvaylin looked excited after the last sentence, "TRAINING?" he screeched in excitement as he shifted in Azephail's paw.
Azephail looked stunned at the pure excitement at the mere word training, it seems he wasn't going to have a crying mewling wyrmling like normal when he was doing these runs for Nest Champions. He slowly fanned out his wings before warning the wyrmling to hold on as they took off into the air as Azephail used his 2 front paws to hold the Wyrmling still, he had dozed off at some point, flying could only amazing the young dragon a little as he had been flying in his dreams almost every night since he hatched!
Tvaylin awoke when he felt Azephail start to drift down to the ground, they landed on a wide-open terrace surrounded on three sides by dragon fire melted stone into thick completely solid walls and the last direction was a massive wall thousands of feet high and almost sheer flat up as far as the eye could see in either direction from him as he looked side to side, caves and massive outcropping took over the face of the cliff. His eyes grew wide and his mouth went slack as he looked at just how big the world was, he wasn't even a drop of water compared to the cliff and he truly felt insignificant. "What in world is that!" he exclaimed much to Azephails shock at once again hearing such a young wyrmling talk.