| Sival's Journal Dear Diary, Today everything went very smoothly with the branding of the calves, and now we have a total of twenty-seven. Pretty impressive, huh? I think that we'll be able to get good prices at the gather in a few sevendays, especially one large, black bull-calf that's big boned and meaty. Perfect to kill and eat. Whipper is going to have her puppies soon, and Dad and I have been arguing over what the genetics will lead to. I say that most of them will look like Whipper, but he says only half will. I bet him a half-mark to see whoever's closer to the truth. We spoke about dragons for a bit, and I thought back to when I was little and Amaykala and Mayeth came to our cotholding. Remember that? It's in the very front of this diary, when I first started keeping it. And Mayeth spoke to me. I'm glad that I can't hear all dragons now, even though I was disappointed then. We spoke about an alibi that was clutched at Ocean Side Island, and father implied that I should go there and stand. I don't think I'm going to, though, because my chases are for sapphire, and my father really wants me to Impress an alibi. Oh, well, I'm sure that he'd be happy with any color dragon that I Impressed, if I did manage to Impress, if I managed to stand. I don't think that I'm going to manage any of those, though. For the most part I think that's it. My older sister Vendra is going to have her baby soon, too, and she complains that more time is spent talking about Whipper's babies than her one. It's the truth. Puppies are always cute, and I doubt that a new-born baby will be, though. Mother says they aren't. Dear Diary, Something even more strange happened today! I was Searched, and for the clutch with the alibi in it! And guess who it was? Mayeth! I'm really excited and anxious, because the dragon was Searching for her own clutch. Amaykala said that she'd been really picky about the Candidates for her own clutch, so I feel like I'm getting the best present in the world by getting to stand. There were two other girls that were Searched with me, but for differant clutches. They're both from the HarperHall. One of them is Ckyta, she's a tall, 14 Turn old girl with unmarried parents. Shenandoa, the other one, torments her too often for that, and I think I'm close to slapping Shenandoa. Shenandoa is drop-dead gorgeous. She has long, wavy black hair that frames her heart-shaped face, a beautiful natural tan, and almond-shaped blue eyes. Absoloutely beautiful. But I don't really like her much, becauese she always says that she's going to move to Mayeth's clutch and Impress the alibi in it, and that maybe I can Impress a terra and chase. I'm ready to kill her for that. Even if I do Impress, I can guarentee that she won't Impress an alibi and even if she does, I wouldn't chase it when it rose if my life depended on it. Shards, I'd be more likely to chase after Ckyta's dragon, if she Impresses at Ambranth's clutch! I'm amazed by everything that goes on at Ocean Side Island. The Headmaster and Headmistress are always busy, running back and forth, trying to get rude riders to do what they're supposed to. I don't think that I could ever manage to do that job, even though some people say that ou do what you have to do. I think Shenandoa will be surprised if she Impresses an alibi, because everyone's attention is focused on the last clutch of Serlienth. She'd clutched two diamonds and one amazingly rare purple. One of the boys standing for Wiayth's clutch is her "sweetheart." Well, I'm going to go and look at the eggs some more. They absoloutely amaze me, and I spend all of the time that I can in the stands. I think that Mayeth approves of me being there, even if she doesn't like it very much. Next |