Dragon DS fic
Constable Benton Fraser was patrolling the North Western Territories on his dog sled, led by Diefenbaker, when he came across a crashed motor sled. The driver was obviously dead - any passengers had apparently abandoned the vehicle possibly to look for help. Fraser brought Diefenbaker and the dogs to a stop, so he could look over the scene of the accident before the falling snow washed away any possible clues as to exactly what had happened. He examined several footprints in the snow, discovering from the appearance that they were all made by new boots.
Moving on to the belongings, Fraser discovered a crate which had fallen off the sled when it crashed and landed in the snow. It had become partially reburied when the snow had begun to fall which was why he hadn’t seen it straightaway. Peering inside the crate, he found a solid curved object wrapped in a thick blanket. He managed to uncover part of the object and his hand touched an eggshell. From the size of the crate and what he could see of the contents, Fraser knew without checking that this particular egg could only be made by one type of creature, it was without doubt a Dragon’s egg. Knowing it was a dragon’s egg was no help in determining what type of dragon it would grow up to be. Fraser had never made a point of studying dragons; they were rare in Canada, as they tended to prefer warmer climates. This was now a criminal matter. It was illegal to steal dragon’s eggs. Fear of them in some countries had led to them being nearly wiped out and although, men had ridden dragons in great battles there was still a general mistrust between mankind and dragon.
One thing he did know was that the cold climate would do the young dragon no good assuming it was even still alive. He heaved the crate and contents back to his own sled and quickly searched the belongings in case any other illegal objects were among them though it was doubtful they could conceal any more dragon eggs, not unless they belonged to some really small dragons. Luckily, he found no others.
He was fairly close to a shack his father kept for emergencies, and it would provide him and the young dragon shelter from the worst of the weather and there was usually a large stock of food kept there too, though if the dragon was as close to hatching as he suspected, he couldn’t be sure how long the food supply would hold out for.
Once inside the shack he lit a fire and moved the crate beside it. Upon opening the crate and unwrapping the egg completely, he discovered that his initial impression was correct and the eggshell had hardened and the dragon should hatch within the next week. Unfortunately he was more than a week’s distance from the nearest town. Not wanting to risk carrying the egg through cold whether causing danger to the creature inside he decided to stick it out there and hope for the best.
A couple of days later he realised he’d made the correct decision. He’d just been coming in from chopping more wood for the fire when he noticed the cracks on the eggshell. Pretty soon these were followed by talons poking out through the gaps before finally he had a real live dragon hatchling sitting on his floorboards.
The dragon looked around the room in wonder, its gaze settled on Diefenbaker for a moment before finally resting on Fraser.
“Hello,” it spoke with a male voice.
“Hello,” replied Fraser, “I’m Benton Fraser and you are?”
“I don’t have a name. Could you give me a suitable one?”
That's where I get stuck, I searched down a list of Canadian Prime Ministers thinking Fraser would be sure to pick one of those, like he did with Diefenbaker. Unfortunately the best one seems to have already been taken. There's a Laurier, Meighen, or Trudeau, but I'm not really sure how those would sound for a dragon and I'm not even sure if that's the only criteria Fraser was using or if he picked a good PM, one he liked. Obviously, I can't use the name Ray, as if the story continues, Fraser is bound to bump into someone with that name who will no doubt show him the ropes, (whatever ropes he needs to be shown of course*G*)