"Maybe I'm overeager to help out, " Artanis took her words into consideration. If it meant dropping some duties to assure her dragon, then she would gladly do so.

"Thank you for the advice," Artanis smiled at him before hurrying towards her first class of the morning.

Cado watched the newcomer approach them, quietly observing her. So this was the last rider, hmm? Young, still very much innocent. Podren, on the other hand, huffed impatiently beside his soul bond, also keenly watching the new pair.

(It's study hall lol, he'll just get a stern look from the librarian)
With deliberate movements, the dragon, one of the first dragons and millennias old, raised his head. "Tell us...your story," Leonidas said.

"Well...I..." Alexandra was still looking shakily around the room. A woman, to the left of the great golden dragon, smiled warmly. Her red dragon winked. "My name is Alexandra, and I'm from Erindae. My brother and I are orphans, but he raised me the best he could. He became a royal knight and I became a royal chef. I worked hard...scraped by enough to live but," She looked down. "Yesterday was the young prince's birthday, and we cooked a grand feast. Someone slipped poison into his pie, and the king ordered the chefs to be hung. I fled, and ran all night until I well..there was a commotion, roaring and large flashes of fire. I was scared, but it sounded like someone needed help. When I walked forward, I found this egg, it was so beautiful and intricate I wanted to see what it felt like, but when I touched it, it cracked. And then, this guy came out of it," She scratched the dragon's head. "When I looked up, Yven was watching me. She begged me to follow her. I had nowhere else to go, so I did. The man, her rider, he had been shot with an arrow. He asked Yven to bring me here, and I saw that she was hurt but...they were determined. I don't know what happened, I'm sorry."

The masters were working diligently at the resting grounds. It was their duty to care for the bodies of those who had passed into the beyond, burning their bodies until only the heart stone of the dragon remained. 

(But if the elders are meeting Alexandra how are they working diligently at the resting grounds)
"At least their mission was a success." Kelden stated.

"Perfect age to start learning in the academy," Cado replied, watching Alexandra. "Yet gaining the last precious pair,"  Podren turned his gaze onto the newly hatched dragon in her arms.

"Only first year?" Alexandra asked. Was she really... Bea, the woman speaking frowned. "She's the same age as the third years, so she could catch up rather quickly, her dragon on the other hand..."

"Perhaps...if he had a personal...mentor," Leonidas suggested. "We cannot...speed...his growth, but...mentally...possibly."

Valerie sitting at her usual seat, pen in hand as she took notes from the book before her. She had her master class after this, so she tried to have new information learned every week.

The masters turned to Aaron and Eribois, bowing their thanks, silent as ever. The dragons began to take Yven's body gently away and the rider closest to Aaron handed him a scroll. It was sealed with the librarian's name on it, and one could guess it was an excuse note for being late.

"We should care not to rush her, though." Kelden replied to Bea. "She does not come from a background that would allow her to have personal experience with much of what these classes will teach, like most at the academy have. If she is able to catch up, more power to her, but we should not rush her education."

"Thank you." Aaron nodded, taking the scroll. "I'll be off now, take care." He said to them before he and Eribois flew off, so they could get to their classes.

"I see no issue with the dragon going through its training as normal, unless there is an issue I'm forgetting." Kelden suggested.

"You...cannot rush...the growth of a dragon," Leonidas said slowly. "We know this. Alexandra..." He turned toward her again and she bowed her head sheepishly. "Do not fret, we will let...Gwendolyn decide, we are simply...old...and anxious." He chuckled a bit. "Tonight...a mourning song...for Yven and Galifer. Their sacrifice...has not been in vain."

Cado leaned back on Podren, agreeing with a nod.

"We have to have faith she will grow into an excellent rider." Kelden stated. Yith'finno nodded in agreement.