chapter 1

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Pan) So my new found addiction is Dragons *sigh* yes huge, awesome, fire breathing lizards are my new addiction so what else was there to do but write a story about Dragons! And use my favorite Naruto characters to portray this story, so here we go.

Pan) I don't and never will own Naruto, I might own a Dragon someday though... maybe.

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"Hinata darling come away from the hearth." The three year old girls mother said looking up from her needlework and at her daughter who was sitting and playing with a small wooden horse too close to the open fire for her comfort.

"Kay momma." Hinata replied as she stood her foot caught in the folds of her skirts and she tumbled head first into the fire.

"Hinata!"her mother screamed leaping from her chair, her needlework falling to the the floor forgotten as she rushed to the hearth and grabbed the small girl and pulled her from the fire as she slapped out the flames on the crying girls skirts the door slammed open and a tall dark haired man rushed in and looked at the scene in front of him and moved to the woman and the child.

"What happened?" he asked as he crouched down and looked over the crying girl.

"She fell head first into the fire check her see how bad the burns are." her mother demanded of the man.

"Alright." He said as he started to look the girl over as he turned her soot covered face his eyes widened, "Kaya she is not burnt in the slightest, look." He said turning Hinata toward her mother, as Kaya took in her daughters appearance the older woman's face paled.

"No, it can't be. Hiashi she can't be marked." her mother whispered her hand flying to her mouth as tears welled in her eyes.

"Kaya, she is there is no other explanation for this." Hiashi said.

"No, no, no, no they'll take her away from me." Kaya said grabbing her uninjured daughter and pulling her to her chest.

"I know, but she is Dragon touched."

"I don't want to lose her, please lets wait until she's older she might not find an egg I've heard of it happening before the one who is touched there egg was destroyed or hasn't been born yet, please Hiashi, please!"

"Alright Kaya," Hiashi said softly, "We won't tell anyone but you must keep her under careful watch it can not be discovered she is Dragon touched."

"Yes, Hiashi I know." Kaya murmured into her small child's navy hair, as the tears rolled down her cheeks.

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(Nine years later)

"Child do pay attention," the Maester barked smacking the writing desk Hinata sat at. "You would do well to pay attention to what I am teaching you child if you have the common knowledge of a common villager then you will never be married off to a respectable lord."

"I do not want to be m-married off to a lord Maester," she said looking out the window into the court yard he cousins where playing swords in. "I want to be a warrior I w-want to own a g-great sword and I will give it a mighty name, and I want to own a h-huge mount like f-fathers horse and we will r-ride into battle under f-fathers banners and minstrel's will sing songs of my b-bravery."

"Bah, child your head is full of air," the Maester said as he placed a book in front of Hinata and flipped it open to a page. "You are a lady of house Hyuuga you will be doing no warring you will marry, and run your Hold at your lord husbands said and bare him sons and your sons might someday see a battle but you child never will," then he tapped the book in front of her. "Now back to your lessons, you might enjoy this one child."

"Why do you say such a thing M-master I do not like any of the lessons fit for a lady, so w-what makes you t-think I will like this o-one?" She asked taking her eyes from the courtyard and finally looking at the book in front of her as she did her eyes widened and she smiled.

"It is about Dragons, child."

"Dragons, Dragon touched, Dragon r-riders, Fire walkers, Dragon speakers, Dragon healers, Red, b-blue, silver, white all the types of Dragons, oh Maester Ebisu t-this lesson I will love very much." Hinata said the thoughts of warfare from her mind, for the mean time.

"I believe you would enjoy this lesson, now let us begin do you know the Different colors that Dragons are?"

"Yes, black, red, g-green, blue, and white those are the self-centered and mean Dragons then the n-nice Dragons there colors are brass, bronze, copper, silver, and g-gold," Hinata said smiling at the Master, if it was one thing she knew it was what was written in the books and rolls of parchment about Dragons.

"Very good child now a test, which Dragons is said to heal the injured or dying?"

"The silver."

"Very good now which is the greedy Dragon?"

"The red."

"Which is the vile Dragon?"

"The black."

"One more which is the prankster Dragon?"

"The copper."

"Very good, very good I see you have made good use of my library child," Maester Ebisu said as he scooped up the book and replaced it on the shelf and took down another book and held it out to Hinata. "Here is a book full of stories and legends of Dragons and their riders and of Fire walkers and all the sort, now our lessons for today are over run along and play or read whatever catches your fancy."

" Yes Maester t-thank you for the book." Hinata said as she ran from the room the book tucked under her arm.

As she ran down the spiral stone steps two at a time she knew exactly where she was going, making it to her room she pushed open her heavy wooden door shutting it behind her she set her book on the side table and opened the trunk at the foot of her bed. Digging to the bottom of it she pulled out the tan cotton tunic and the mud brown cotton pants she quickly stripped off her pale cream velvet dress and pulled on the tunic and pants then pulled on a pair of soft soled leather boots and laced them tight. Smiling she looked down at herself she loved the feel of boys clothing she could run and jump easier she could roll around with the hounds and not worry about someone seeing her under clothes but best of all she could ride her pony Salmon easier, riding in a dress was a pain she had to sit sideways and clutch the saddle with one hand and hold the rain with the other and you could forget the notion of running she could barely stay on Salmon while in a canter.

Opening her door she looked down the halls before stepping out and shutting the door and ran down the corridor to her left as she rounded the corner close to the kitchens she ran into someone knocking herself to the stone floor looking up she saw her fathers new wife Hana who was glaring down at her, Hinata mustered her own glare and looked up at the woman and pulled herself to her feet and tried to brush past but Hana grabbed her arm.

"Hinata have you forgotten your manners child, you ran into me you are supposed to apologize for your rudeness, so apologize, now." Hana demanded not relenting her grip on Hinata.

Hinata hated Hana, she hated everything about the woman who stole her father and took her mothers place and in turn Hana hated Hinata too -at least she was certain that Hana hated her-, the woman loved to get Hinata into trouble with her father, the cooks, the stable men, Maester Ebisu, everyone! She once caught Hinata playing with the wooden practice swords and told her father and her father had lectured her on how ladies did not wield swords, so Hinata was certain that the blond woman gripping her arm despised her as much as she despised the woman. Biting the inside of her cheek Hinata knew if she didn't apologize to Hana she would tell her father but even if she did apologize Hana would still tell on her so swallowing her pride Hinata looked Hana in the eyes.

"I am sorry Hana I was on my w-way to see Salmon and I was not paying attention to my surroundings."

"I do not know what you see in that great smelly beast and why you insist on dressing like a boy, but I care not get out of my sight." She said pushing Hinata out of the way and breezed down the corridor towards the common room.

Wrinkling her nose Hinata stuck her tongue out at Hana's retreating back then spun and ran to the stables, she knew she was close when the smell of fresh straw and sweet oats filled her nose she grabbed her bridle and found Merlin the head stable man and asked him to saddle Salmon for her. As she watched Merlin ready Salmon a tap on her shoulder and the smell of honey told her that her cousin was behind her turning she smiled up at him Neji was a good five inches taller than Hinata but they looked almost like brother and sister. Both had dark navy hair, pale milky colored eyes and same moonlight skin the only difference's were Hinata's hair had a purple tint and it was cut short in the back and her bangs fell into her face and Neji's hair was to the middle of his back held near the end with a white silk ribbon.

"Hinata you know that if you go riding I must accompany you." he said looking at her.

"I could n-not find you Neji, besides I know the area like the back of my h-hand." It was true Hinata could draw the landscape in her sleep and not put a rock out of place she had ridden and walked the woods so often.

"Regardless I am sworn to protect you so whenever you leave I am to go also." he told her.

"Alright if you want to f-follow me so badly you had better saddle up a horse before Merlin is d-done with Salmon." She said and smiled when Neji sighed and walked over to a butter-cream gelding and started to ready the horse.

Once they were outside the Hold Hinata spurred Salmon into a canter and steered him to the right and past the two huge ancient maple woods and past the blooming cherry tree and down into an old river bed, slowing to a walk Hinata pulled him up at an old fallen maple wood, sliding off her horse she walked to the fallen tree and reached into a hollowed out section hidden near the back that rested against the bank of the river her fingers brushed over burlap and she gripping the bundle and pulled it out of it hiding spot. laying it on the ground she unwrapped the bundle and she smiled at the Ebony bow and the leather quiver filled with fifteen arrows, running her fingers over the bow she remembered the day she stole it out of the walls of the castle and the hold.
It was the day her father took Hana as his wife he was planing on giving the bow to her as a wedding gift. Hinata heard and became furious she waited for her father to be out of his study and sneaking in taking the bow and quiver from the small trophy case and running to the stables, she took an old burlap feed bag grabbed a knife slit the bag and wrapped the bow and quiver in the sack then lept onto Salmon bareback and rode out the gates clutching the wrapped bundle and letting herself cry.

She vowed that woman would never have her real mothers Ebony bow she didn't care what her father said, she would not allow that woman to try and fill her mothers shoes completely she might have her father, and the Hold, and the castle but she would never have the Ebony bow of Hyuu. She rode for hours before backtracking and coming across the dried up river bed and the fallen maple wood, she slid off Salmon and took the knife and started to stab at the bark on the back side of the tree it took hours but she finally made a space big enough for the the bow an quiver to fit snugly and no one would be able to see it. When she got back to the Hold her father was furious with her she had rode off alone, with out a saddle on her horse, in one of her best dresses, she had been gone of more of the day, she was filthy, and she had stolen the Ebony bow. She refused to tell her father where she had hidden the bow and finally he had given up sending her to her room and forbidding her entry to the stables to see her horse for two weeks and he gave her handmaids a week of leave and made her do her own everything, but she did not care it was worth it her mothers beautiful bow was worth it all.

"Hinata are you going to practiced or just look at that bow for the rest of the day?" Neji said pulling her from her thoughts.

"I am going to p-practiced." she huffed pulling the quiver over her shoulder and then pulling the bow over her head and letting it hang on her shoulder she laid the burlap over her saddle then climbed back on and made her way to her practice ground with Neji behind her.

Reaching the clearing Hinata tied Salmon to a low hanging branch and Neji did the same with his geldling standing with her back to her cousin Hinata pulled her bow from her back holding it in her right hand she pulled a arrow from the quiver on her back notched the arrow and took aim at the tree with the scrapped off bark in a circle made to be her target, sucking in a deep breath she let it out slowly then let loose the arrow as it tore through the air a rush of excitement bolted up Hinata's spine then the dull 'thump' as the arrow head sunk into the wooden flesh of the tree made her smile, five more arrows followed the first. Smiling at her progress she walked to the tree to yank out her arrows then find and mark a tree farther away, when Salmon and the geldling started to paw at the dirt and snort throwing their heads Hinata had pulled two arrows out when Neji yelled.

"Hinata get to your mount and ride back to Hyuu now!" there was the sound of a sword being pulled from a sheath.

Spinning around she said three men make there way into the clearing two were walking the other was riding a scrawny Red with a matted mane and a scar running down its face and over its left eye the two on the ground stalked around Neji while the on on the Red made toward Hinata fear hit her hard in the gut freezing her to where she stood the man was right above her now a sour smell followed him and he smiled down at her with dirty teeth.

"Wat' a pretty lil' thing we ave' here, them eyes is strange are you blind girl, no you ave' a bow, a pretty thing like you could bring us a few copper pieces maybe a silver or two." he said reaching for her.

The shriek that tore from Salmons throat broke Hinata's fear and she ducked out of the mans reach and bolted for Salmon her fingers fumbled with the tie in the reins but she managed it then she pulled the bow back over her head to rest in its original spot, she was halfway in her saddle when a hand grabbed the back of her tunic and pulled Hinata gripped the saddle and screamed, kicking back she felt her foot hit flesh and heard a snort of pain as the mans Red faltered and the grip loosened she jammed her foot in a stirrup and gave Salmon a verbal command and he lunged forward dislodging the man from his rider, pulling herself into the saddle she looked for Neji she saw him only fifteen feet away fighting the other man on foot he had already killed one of them. Looking around she spotted the man on the Red, he was glaring at her with bloodshot green eyes he gripped his reins and harshly kicked his Red and the horse lurched forwards, Hinata tugged on Salmons reins and he spun left and she spurred him into a gallop steering him around trees and leaping over fallen, rotting logs. She knew where she was going, farther ahead was a gulch it was wide maybe fifteen or sixteen feet wide and it was deep the sides were a jagged drop down to a leafy bottom ten foot down, at the speed Salmon was going she figured they could make it but the scrawny, abused Red wouldn't,couldn't in its poor state.

As Hinata saw the twisted forms of two cherry trees she knew the gulch was close only a few more minutes and she and Salmon would be safe then she could double back around past Two falls and find Neji then go back to Hyuu. Suddenly her plan back fired, Salmons gait slowed he was getting winded, at this rate he would never make the jump over the gulch he was still a baby, three years old and unaccustomed to jumps, if he was winded there was no way he could safely make the jump. The gulch was visible now Hinata had to make her decision now, risk the jump and hurt Salmon or herself or veer off and try to outrun the man and his scrawny Red, biting her lip she gave a light tug and Salmon turned right to run parallel with the gulch. Farther down it tapered of into flat ground then they would be able to get to the other side then she would give Salmon his head because on the other side of the gulch was new to Hinata. Finally the land sloped down and they followed the curve of the gulch once on the other side she gave Salmon his head and let him choose the path they took, later she would realize that choice changed her life. Chancing a look over her shoulder she saw the Red far behind i rusty red blotch in the distance but still coming, Salmon had slowed to a canter and was breathing heavy, when they got back to Hyuu she would walk him, wash him down with a cloth and cold water, brush his coat, tail and mane, then give him a full bucket of water some oats and a fresh red apple.

As they came to a large tree Salmon stumbled his hoof getting caught in a upturned root, his tired state prevented him from regaining balance, as horse and rider tumbled down the slopping incline of a hill thrown from the saddle Hinata covered her face with her arms as she hit the ground. The breath was knocked from her and the bow dug into her back as she rolled sticks and rocks scratching and jabbing her as she went finally she stopped her tumble with her face burred in a pile of dead leaves she rolled onto her back groaning at the pain in her side. She touched it and her hand came away spotted red with blood, pulling her tunic up she saw the thin cut running along her side it was annoying but nowhere near fatal pushing herself up she saw the shadow cast over her and she looked up at the man and his Red.

"Stupid lil' girly, now you gone an made me angry." the man sneered as his panting and sweat drenched Red walked closer causing Hinata to move back the shift of something on her back reminded her of the Ebony bow, struggling to get it off her back she yanked it over her head grabbed the last arrow from the quiver notched it then took aim at the man.

"Wat' you think you gonna do wit' that bow girly?" the man said laughing at the shaking girl on the ground.

"L-let me go and I w-will not harm y-you." she said and the man barked out a another round of laughter.

"Not gonna appen' lil' girl, you'll make me some nice coin." he said and slid off his Red and stalked toward Hinata.

"Stay back!" she warned her whole body shaking.

"Come quite girly." the man said reaching for her.

"No!" she shouted closing her eyes and her fingers let loose the arrow.

The gargled sound made her open her eyes and look up at the man, his eyes were wide and his fingers clawed at the arrow through the center of his neck as blood bubbled from between his lips he took a few more steps, one... two... three then fell to his knees and opened his mouth and blood flowed out then he fell to the side shallow breaths slowed then stopped, he died. Pale and shaking Hinata moved back from the man, the dead man that she killed, she killed! Scared the bow fell from her hand she turned on hands and knees and crawled away from the dead man to a pile of rocks, and boulders and spun, slamming her back against the largest boulder. She looked at the man arrow through his throat and tears came to her eyes, she had believed battle was glorious, the way the songs and stories were told but this... this was wrong, horrible, scary.

Dropping her hands to her sides her fingers brushed over something rough and warm looking down she saw an oddly shaped and oddly colored rock it was oval shaped and about the size of the fresh baked loaves of bread the kitchen staff bake. It was a deep blue- almost black- fascinated by it she picked it up shocked at how light the rock was she had assumed it would weigh at least seven or so pounds but it felt as if she were only lifting a loaf of bread. then something caught her eye under where the first rock laid there was another one half buried in the dirt, shifting to her knees she started to dig the rock out finally she was able to pull the rock from the ground she looked at it, it looked exactly like the first except it looked purple. holding the rocks made her fear of the dead man vanish, so standing she made her way back toward the man she saw his Red standing near a patch of grass eating, then it hit her where was Salmon?

Panic flooded her body and she looked around the clearing not seeing him she walked to where they had fallen down the hill standing at the top she saw him, laying in a shallow ditch, running to him still clutching the rocks to her chest she dropped to her knees next to her horse placing her rocks down she patted Salmons forelock trying to ignore the sight of his shattered front leg and the fact he wasn't coming back to the Hold with her, alive anyways. setting with her horse she cooed and made soft sounds to try and calm the injured horse all the while petting him and crying, she did not know how long she sat there before Neji came riding into the clearing he lept from his gelding and ran to Hinata dropping beside her he turned her toward him and took in her appearance. besides the dirty clothes, dirt smudged face, scrapes, bruises and the blood on her tunic -which she told him was from the cut on her side- she looked fine. He then turned his attention to her horse, Salmon and he knew the horse would die where he laid breathing labored from the pain of the shattered leg the poor thing, he had to kill him, put him out of his misery but Hinata.

"Hinata turn away." he said as he pulled his sword from its sheath.

"No!," she shouted then in a voice no more than a whisper, "Salmons m-mine, I'll do it." she wiped the tears from her face and stood, holding her hands out for her cousins sword.

It was heavier than she would have thought, she nearly dropped it, tightening her grip on the hilt she stepped up next to Salmons neck placed the tip of the blade near the center of his broad chest closing her eyes and taking a deep shuttering breath she shoved the sword through his chest and into his heart, killing her beloved Salmon. Pulling the blade out she handed it back to Neji, as he wiped the blood off with a large leaf Hinata spoke again.

"I...I killed that m-man." she said not pointing to where he was, she knew her cousin had seen him when he entered the clearing.

"I know Hinata it is okay he tried to hurt you, you did good." he said retuning his sword to his side then he walked over to the man and knelt down and looked for any signs on where he was from. "it looks like he was only a petty raider or a thief." he said standing he grabbed the Ebony bow and walked away from the man then he looked at the scrawny Red. "Poor beast I should kill it too, its so sickly."

"No, no more killing c-can we take it back w-with us, please." Hinata asked looking at her cousin and the ratty horse.

"It is in bad health Hinata it would be kinder to put a blade in it's heart," He said looking at the shaken girl then he sighed. "But if you want the ratty thing we can take it back with us, Merlin won't be happy about it." He said handing the bow back to Hinata, and she slipped it back over her head.

"Thank you Neji," then she looked at Salmon. "What about Salmon?"

"I'll come back with a hay cart and some more men and we'll bring him back to be buried in the gardens." he said and squeezed her shoulder and walked towards the Red.

As Neji retrieved the Red Hinata remembered her rocks, bending down she picked them up and held them close as she held them she felt a warmth seep through her tunic from them, but it did not scare her it comforted her. As she watch Neji grab the reins of the Red and led it over she really got to take in the horse then first thing she noticed was the sour smell and the matted mane and forelock and tail then the scars covering its rust red coat and then the fact that it was a mare. Shifting her rocks she reached out an rubbed the mares forehead looking into her big brown eye and the brown- milky one with the scar, she would have to ask Merlin but the mare was more than likely blind in that eye. Neither of them would be able to ride the mare in her current condition they would both have to ride the gelding and walk back to the Hold then Neji spoke.

"Hinata why do you have those rocks?"

"There pretty and o-odd." she said.

"Are they not heavy?"

"No, they are not." she answered.

"Very well let me have them to put in the saddle bags." he said.

As he walked to the gelding and took one of the rocks and nearly dropped it, it was heavy, very heavy. How could his small cousin hold them like they were nothing shaking his head he placed both of the rocks in the saddle bag and gave Hinata a hand up onto the gelding then swung on himself as they made there way to the Hold Neji asked Hinata if the wanted to hide her bow back in the fallen tree in the dried up river bed, nodding her head they made it to the tree. Hinata wrapped the bow and empty quiver back in the burlap she took from her saddle and tucked the bundle back into the hollowed out section of the tree then Neji helped her back on the gelding and they made there way back to the Hold. The sun was low in the sky when they returned, Hinata's father met them in the courtyard demanding to know what happened after the tale was told her father sent out men with a hay cart to retrieve Salmons body. he told Merlin to take the mare and the gelding to the stables and feed an water them and feed the mare an extra flake of hay.

Hinata had taken the saddle bag off the gelding and was clutching it to her chest as she followed her father into the castle reaching the common room her father stopped and turned to her, and opened his arms. She flew into them and cried for Salmon, the poor red mare and the man she had killed as she cried her rocks seemed to get hotter in the bag she could feel the heat through the saddle bag but her father did not seem to notice. After she had cried her fill, her father patted her head and asked what she wanted for super and he would have the kitchen make it for her asking for lamb stew, mashed turnips, baked apples and honeyed milk she rubbed her nose on her arm. Smiling down at his daughter- or son as the Hold liked to call her- Hiashi sent her off to bathe and dress for super then he headed to the kitchen to tell the cooks to change their menu.

Reaching her room Hinata's handmaids stood in her room tutting at her appearance as they pulled her to the adjacent room and Lai her oldest handmaid with white wispy hair and a sweet face full of wrinkles sent Mei and Ember to fetch the copper bathing tub and hot and cold water from the kitchen, half and hour later the tub was in the bathing chamber and full of water the soap and cloth where out and the handmaids where ready to strip and bathe Hinata. with the saddle bag still in her hands she walked to the room, set the bag down and let her handmaids strip her and help her into the bath the water reaching her waist after they scrubbed her hair, and skin with soap and dumped two fresh buckets of water over her head they were ready to help her out of the bath.

"Lai, Mei, Ember leave me f-for awhile please I will call when I am re-rady to get out." she said.

When her handmaids nodded and left the door shut firmly she leaned over the side of the tub opened the saddle bag and pulled out the rocks setting the cleaner one on her lifted knees she took her wash cloth and began to clean the purple looking rock as she scrubbed and dunked the rock its color got brighter and flakes of orange could be seen on it too once the rock was free of all dirt Hinata gasped holding the rock in both hands. It could not be, it just could not switching the rocks she started to clean the other one its deep blue-black color coming through then small flakes of silver came through as she looked at both of the rocks her breathing sped up. She had to know, putting both rocks back into the bag she called her handmaids they entered and helped her out and dried her off and helped her dress Mei and ember brushed her hair free of tangles as Lai dabbed a small amount of scented oils on her wrists. After they were done with her they left Lai saying she would come fetch her when it was time to eat, nodding her head she waited for her handmaids to leave. When they were gone she ran to her side table grabbed the book Maester Ebisu gave her then the saddle bag and sat on her bed flipped open the book to a page she pulled out one of her rocks looked at the rock then at the hand drawn picture in the book reading the description on the page. Her mouth fell open as she pulled out the other rock holding them both, one in each hand she looked at the deep glossy colors and the light flakes of color not believing it but not being able to deny it.

"Dragon eggs." She whispered.

Slowly standing from her bed she made her way to the hearth bent to her knees and pushed the screen out of the way, the fire had died down to embers taking her eggs she placed them on the red embers pushing them down into the embers then taking the small iron ash shovel she scooped up embers and covered the eggs then replaced the screen across the hearth. Standing she returned to her bed and picked up the book turned to the front page and she began to read she was half way through the book when Lai came to tell her to come eat. At the table her father sat at the head with Hana to his left, Neji to his left, Hinata sat next to Neji and Hinata's little sister Hanabi sat at the other end of the table facing there father. Once the food was served Hinata picked at her food then looked down at her father and decided to ask.

"Father?"

"Yes, Hinata?"

"Are there s-still Dragons in the world?" the look that crossed her fathers face was quick then it went back to normal.

"They say Dragons are still alive across the Wild Sea but there have been no Dragons here in over a hundred years or course there are rumors of some people finding a dragon egg, but no actually evidence, why the sudden interest?"

"Maester Ebisu's new l-lessons are on Dragons and I was m-merely curious."

"Father what happens when someone finds a Dragon egg?" Hanabi asked.

"It is said a Dragon Finder will find the one who is Dragon touched and take them to the great city across the Wide Sea."

"Oh, I wish I were Dragon touched it sounds so fun, and adventurous." Hanabi said in wonder.

"Hinata I am sorry to hear about your horse." Hana said looking at her with fake concern.

"Yes, I will m-miss Salmon he was a good boy." She said trying to be civil with Hana.

"It seems you have found another horse this one seems... ragged." she mused.

"The Red, yes I b-believe I'm going to keep h-her."
"What are you planing to name the mare, Hinata?" her father asked taking a bite of mashed turnips.

"Mara, I will n-name her Mara."

"That is a lovely name sister." Hanabi said grabbing her milk and taking a drink.

"Thank you Hanabi."

The rest of the meal was eaten in silence with Hiashi and Neji talking about swords and the best time to go hunting and other things men enjoyed normally Hinata would listen to their idal chatter but her thoughts were held by the two Dragon eggs hidden in her room under the dying embers of her hearth, dying embers! Her handmaids would be adding new logs to her hearth to chase off the night chill, what if they broke her eggs? dropping her spoon into her half empty bowl she pushed her chair back looking at her father.

"Father I am full I am r-returning to my room to finish the b-book Maester Ebisu gave me on Dragons."

"Very well Hinata."

Walking as reserved as she could from the dinning hall the reached the corridor then ran for her room lifting her skirt to her knees to take the stairs two at a time. pushing open her door she saw Mei about to throw a log in the hearth panic gripped her.

"M-Mei."

"Yes Lady Hinata?"

"Could you help me change, p-please."

"Yes milady right after I put this log on the old embers."

"No need for more l-logs its fine in here." she said.

"Are you sure milady?"

"Yes."

"Alright milady." Mei said.

Setting the log aside then replacing the screen she came over and helped Hinata into her sleeping gown. once she was dressed Mei left bidding her lady a good night shutting the door behind her once Mei was gone Hinata walked to the hearth moved the screen took the iron poker and moved the embers from the top of the eggs. Looking at her eggs made her smile their colors were brighter, almost glowing on a whim she reached out her hand and touched the purple one it was hot to the touch, but it did not burn her like it should have after being covered in the embers. Pulling her eggs from the embers she tossed two logs in the hearth, replaced the screen and walked to her bed holding the now warm eggs to her chest pulling back her wool cover she got into bed and pulled it back over her rolling onto her side she curled up pulling her eggs close to her belly and let their warmth lull her into sleep.

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Pan) ...Well? Is it any good sorry if the font or format are weird or if anything is spelled wrong but like I said I had to do this on my Yahoo messenger page. I got most of my information off line and from web sites especially the Dragon related information, so sorry if anythings wrong.

Pan) Also I know it seems a little dark but that's how it was back then but it won't stay dark and depressing all the time it'll get lighter.

Pan) So please tell me what you think of Dragon Song and Hinata.