#hunter standing in the corner with a shocked pikachu face be like :O

[neoncherryblossom]

When Hunter is really sad this one time- not for any particular reason but he wakes up and is just sad- Eberwolf decides to give him an egg he got during a raid and tells Hunter to take care of the beast that's inside.

Darius has to point out that that raid was full of illegal beasts, but Eberwolf promises the both of them that Hunter would be fine and won't get in trouble.

So Hunter takes care of the egg.

And it's a little different than taking care of Waffles because the egg keeps jumping and moving around but isn't alive yet. And he's worried about the illegal thing, so he's not sure if there is any books that can help him and Eberwolf wants what the beast is to be a surprise so...

There's a lot of bonding between him and Eber in this time. Even with Darius (especially with Darius), because even with his insistence that he wanted nothing to do with this thing, he makes it blankets for Hunter to wrap around and will carry it when Hunter asks.

So Hunter takes care of the egg. Up until it hatches. And he learns why Eber didn't want him to know what was inside.

Because out comes a three-headed hydra, one of the rarest dragons on BI.

Cue Hunter taking care of an illegal dragon his guardian-uncle-Tio somehow got registered as a service animal.