Pet's ID Tag: 56
Name You'd Choose for It: Emyry (eh-MEER-ee)
Gender: Male
Species: Water Dragon
Reason You Want It: When I first saw him, I obviously noticed his beauty. Besides that, I just felt that connection, that the character was special. I also immediately had an idea of what he was, and I could see a story emerging for him.
History/Background/Other: Although I didn't know it until I was older, I began in a very unlikely place. I was born in the Pyrelands, to a fire dragon mother. How this happened is a mystery. To me, at the very least. Perhaps I had a water ancestor. Perhaps it was one of those flukes of nature, a crazy roll of the dice of life. I doubt I will ever know.
As a water dragon, I could not live in the hot Pyrelands. I would die. As such, I was taken to Aqueous, the place of the water dragons. I'd like to think that my family wished she could have kept me, that they loved me and wanted me. But, somehow, I don't feel it was so.
The water dragons accepted me into their fold. I believe this has to do with water dragons' natural care for others, especially those who cannot care for themselves, although I find this urge easy to quell. Perhaps this has to do with my fire heritage. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened to me if the water dragons had refused to take me. I'd most likely be dead, but perhaps not. I have always been one to persevere and succeed.
I was adopted by mother and father water dragons. They had no hatchlings. My adoptive mother, Eilias, could not, though she and her mate, Oufius, wanted to. They were more than happy to take in the small hatchling that was me. As I grew, I did not realize that I was not the hatchling of the dragons who were raising me. Perhaps it was the tendency for all water dragons to look similar in color and design. Or perhaps the thought just never entered my mind, the impossibility it would have seemed.
It was a horrible night when I found out. I was still young, not quite full-grown. Eilias and Oufius came to me and told me. That I wasn't their hatchling. I felt many things, rage, terror, disappointment. But I also felt relief. I had never been exactly like the others. I wasn't so bubbly, so excitable, so nice as the others. I had never exactly fit. After that night, I knew I couldn't stay with in Aqueous, the place I had lived almost my entire life. I didn't know who or where I would fit in, but it wasn't here.
I understand that by adopting this creature I take full responsibility for it.Editing. 8)