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My Hero's Journey

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I was born on a cool and windy summer morning under the waters of Mountain Lake.
That’s the way Mama remembered it, and that’s the way she told it to me
My mother didn’t realize my birth was drawing closer when she hiked the short trip through the woods down to the lake to hunt water prey. She had just killed a large orange and yellow fish when nature decided it was time for my birth. She told her whistling dragon, Vythalham, to tell his mate, Khedharhij, to join them in the water. A moment later, my father and Khedharhij swam beneath the cold waves. His whistling dragon was also ready to give birth.
She communicated with Vythalham about my progress down the birth canal, and he passed the information on to his mate. Both births would take …show more content…

She licked a path to it, leaving a scented trail with her tongue.
I crawled to the entrance. Eyes still closed, I relied on my keen sense of smell to find the chamber. My mother told me the progress was slow, and she cheered silently when I tumbled into the sanctuary
I searched for the single teat which would nourish me for the first two years in the chambers. When I found it I took it into my mouth and sucked. Soon the milk flowed, and contentment swept over me like a warm wave. While I drank, transparent, flexible tubes snaked their way toward me. One covered my entire penis while the second pushed into my anus. The urine would be directed to my mother’s bladder, and the feces to her rectum. Both waste products would be eliminated by my mother, along with her own urine and feces. The entire procedure would be repeated when I occupied my father’s chamber.
My mother swam to the surface, my father at her side. Orovha, a yellow circle in a cloudless sky, greeted them.
Khedharhij made sure her cub was safe in the chamber, then she spread her wings when she surfaced and soared into the sky. She performed flips and cartwheels showing how joyful she was for giving birth to her first cub. Vythalham, a little more conservative, gained altitude gradually, and joined his mate moments

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