It's been some time since Aran has awoken from chrysalis - the familiar cracking and wet feeling surrounds him as he wakes. Hibernation - he doesn't remember going into chrysalis, but won't take it for granted. Pegasus seems quiet now, as he stretches his legs in a soft flowerbed.

How long have I been out? There's no real way for him to know, so he pushes the though aside.

Making sure everything is safe and secure - his pendant, the antler ring - he takes time to take a look around. No-one nearby, just the typical flowering meadows of Pegasus. He feels good for once, not having gone into chrysalis due to an injury, so he finds himself wandering.

This area is just flower fields, unlike his home before - Eridanus, the forest. Open spaces are nice, he feels as though the bird's eyes can see everything. No danger to be had.

As he moves through the grasses and flowers, his hoof kicks over a small item, round in shape.

An egg?

Not so unusual, bird lessers commonly fly through Pegasus - and even live here. Still, it being on the ground is strange. Aran bends to allow the pendant to inspect it, dangling in front of the seemingly abandoned oval shape. It doesn't seem to have anything wrong with it, so Aran decides to keep watch for now, to maybe see if it's owners will come back.

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Aran is claiming a small egg

After a time, the little egg began to hatch. Pieces of pink shell flaked away, and from within emerged a bird far too large for the egg: the size of a small crow. It stood tall, shaking away the shell fragments, and then broke into trilling song. Though several of these birds were hatching throughout the caves, Aran's would be unique: its color, beak, crest, tail-feathers etc. would form a combination likely to make it stand out.

Regardless of the form Aran's "Lovebird" took, it could--regardless of its knowledge of the related magic, and so long as it did not already have a familiar--bond as a familiar in its own right. Or, if Aran preferred, it could be a simple companion and a friend, or whatever else he might choose to make of it.

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Aran has hatched a 'Lovebird!' If he does not already have a familiar, and regardless of whether he knows the Familiar Forge spell, the Lovebird can--if he wishes--bond as one. Otherwise, it can be a companion, meal, or anything else he wishes. (The image can be clicked to see one without a background, in case one wishes to try and piece together a version of the Lovebird for their character.)

@Aran