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The sun rose over The Shire and Bilbo was busy making breakfast
His plate had seed cake, toast with jam, and some fruit, he partnered it with a nice cup of tea
The egg was still in its nest, a lamp pointed at it, Bilbo couldn't keep the fireplace going all night so he hoped a lamp would suffice,
The light from the lamp made the Iridescent from the egg really pop, Bilbo found it fascinating, he had never seen an egg this pretty, Bilbo still wondered what animal this egg belonged too
After eating his breakfast Bilbo goes to check on the egg, he placed his hand on the egg, it was still warm, good, that was good,
Then the egg twitched, Bilbo pulled his hand back, then Bilbo smiled, at least he knew whatever was inside is alive
“You gave me a bit of a fright there,” Bilbo said to the egg, Bilbo wondered what he should name the egg, he couldn't just call it ‘The egg’ forever,
As Bilbo pondered on what to call the egg, the crack from last night started to grow, Bilbo noticed it, and started to panic, did he do something wrong, why did the egg, thoughts ran through his head trying to figure out why there was a crack forming, that's when it hit Bilbo, the egg was hatching, he got excited, he finally got to see what was inside
But then panic hits Bilbo again, he didn't prepare anything, he didn't know what was inside of the egg, what if it was dangerous? What if it was-
Bilbo's thoughts were out off by a cracking sound, a bit of shell had been pushed off, more chunks of shell came off until the top half of the shell came off and Bilbo could see what was inside, and Bilbo was confused
It looked like a baby but not really, she had tan skin, big violet eyes and short white hair, but that's where she stopped looking human, she has scales on her face, forearms, hands, legs, and bits of her back, her scales are primarily ivory-white, but they're not plain white, they were iridescent like the scales of the egg but they have an almost gemstone-like sheen, reflecting subtle shades of silver, pale gold, soft blue, and lavender
She had small wings on her back, they were bat like and had the same scales that were on her body, The wing membranes are pale and almost translucent, with faint iridescent veins running through them,
She has little horns on her head that were more like little stumps, she had a tail that had small bumps going down it
Her forearms and hands were covered in the same white scales that were on the rest of her body, her hands were more like claws, and her legs were digitigrade and covered in the same scales,
“What are you?” Bilbo said, the strange baby's violet eyes locked onto him, she then smiled and lifted up her arms and made a grabbing motion with her hands, Bilbo could see that the baby already had teeth, quite sharp ones,
Bilbo picked her up and he could feel that she was slimy, probably due to the fluid in the egg, “Oh dear,” Bilbo said, “let's get you dried off”
Bilbo grabbed a towel and cleaned the goo off of the baby, Bilbo laughed a bit when he saw that her hair was sticky up in all sorts of directions, he fixed her hair and wrapped her in a different, warm towel,
Bilbo sat her down on a seat, he should probably get clothes, so he went rummaging through his clothes to see if he could find some of his old baby clothes, he did eventually find a onesie that was just the baby's size, but he released a problem, the baby had wings and a tail and this onesie didn't have any holes for them to through, so he got a pair of scissors and cut some holes in them,
Then Bilbo heard a loud cry coming from the baby, Bilbo panicked and ran to the baby, as soon as the baby saw Bilbo she immediately calmed down and reached her arms up again, Bilbo sighed and picked her up and dressed her, it was a bit difficult to get the wings and tail through but he made it work
Bilbo looked down at her, she looks so cute, she made a cooing noise and Bilbo held her to his chest, the realisation hit Bilbo, he had a baby now, he was a father, he let her hold his finger, Bilbo look at this baby as if it was his whole world,
He was cut out of his thoughts when he felt a sharp pain in his fingers, the baby had bit it, “Right, your probably hungry” Bilbo said as he pulled his finger away
He went to the kitchen, then it hit him, what does she eat, she already has teeth she she can eat solid food, which was a relief because he has zero formula, Bilbo eyes scanned when he had, he had decided on beef and chicken, by the way her teeth looked like she seemed to be mostly carnivorous,
Bilbo grabbed a bit of chicken and a small steak, he then got out his frying pan and some oil, Bilbo cooked the steak first then the chicken, the baby smelled the cooking meat and tried to reach for it but Bilbo pulled her away and placed her on a chair “No no no, we can't have you burning yourself,” Bilbo said before going back to cooking
When the cooking was done, Bilbo cut the steak and chicken into stripes and put them on a plate, he then went over to the baby and used a fork to pick up a piece of chicken and hovered it in front of her, she sniffed it and then immediately chomped down on it, Bilbo laughed, “Slow down, you might choke,” he said as be picked up a bit of steak with the fork, the baby, after swallowing the chicken, sniffed the steak and chomped down on it as well,
After the plate was cleared Bilbo put it in the sink, the baby let out a sleepy yawn, Bilbo picked her up and patted her back, she let out a small burp them let out a sleepy coo and cuddled closer to Bilbo
Bilbo smiled, “You need a name, but what to call you?” Bilbo said while pacing, Bilbo looked at the baby, her scales remained him of a pearl, “Pearl,” Bilbo said, the baby made a little noise, “Yeah, Pearl suits you,”
Bilbo went to his bedroom and placed Pearl in his bed, “Sleep well my little Pearl” Bilbo said as he kissed her little head, he pulled the covers over her to keep her warm and he then left the room
He was a father now, and he's going to try his best to be the best he can