As the court mage I was always skeptic of broad omens like "dragon festival" because if I'm being honest, "a year of bad luck" is too vague.

I knew there was going to be panic, as soon as that lizard pushed out a third egg I knew. One of the leading problems with this tradition is that they force the dragons to fight.

Don't get me wrong, some religions and festivals are not stupid, usually ones like that encourage charity or boost morale. Dragon festival makes the commoners all anxious and there have been many scenarios where entire villages have committed group suicides because they could not handle another year of bad luck.

The worst part was that this year there was three eggs, and as everyone watched as they hatched three lilac coloured dragons hatched.

If there was any chance of dispelling this awful superstition, it would require the trusted word of the court mage. Luckily it was me.

"Heed my message! Townsfolk!" I piped up over the confusion "It is as the stars and the wind hath spoked to me! These three royal drakes are a symbol of the true fate of all years to come" I was just plain lying "the future is now ours to determine and we shall celebrate this day as the day the dragons gifted it to us!"

There was cheering, now people wouldn't be destroying everything out of fear or relief.

I'm honestly sooo glad another dragon took the old ones place this year