9/9/09

It was just an average day at school... nothing particularly exciting or interesting. But when I got home... everything changed. On Neopets, it was Draik Day. If you don't recall what a Draik is, it's a Neopet that resembles a small, western dragon. It's a lot sleeker than Scorchio, and cooler looking than Scorchio and Shoyru combined. But unfortunately, the only way you could ever get a Draik was to hatch an expensive Draik Egg (which sell for millions of Neopoints) or use a Draik Morphing Potion (which also costs millions). Usually, on Draik day they'd just release some new colors and items for Draiks, and let them have free training and whatnot. But this year's Draik Day was different...  When I got back home, I checked on the Neoboards, and... well, all heck was breaking loose. There were a million 'Draik Waiting Board' topics, and all sorts of other threads involving the Draiks that were apparently being distributed. On other limited edition pet days, there'd always be a '____ Waiting Board', which was basically a topic where people would chat while waiting for a new batch of the LE pet to be available, and report when it happened. I clicked around, and found out almost instantly what was going on... Early in the morning, while I was at gym class, people were able to create Draiks like a regular Neopet. Now, with most LE Neopets, such as Hissi, Jetsam, and Chomby, they were available on their special pet days, but never, ever Draiks or Krawks. I was a combination of excited, confused, surprised, and jealous. The people said that the only Draik distributions had occurred in the morning, but I didn't allow that to let my hope sink. I was going to get a Draik, even if it was the last thing I did! I pounded one of my Neopets, and began to refresh at the 'Create a Pet' page. I hung out at the waiting boards, and jumped everytime a prankster reported Draiks being released. I stayed in front of the computer all day for the rest of the day, because I didn't want to miss my chance to get a Draik when they were released again!
Except... it never happened. I was nearly at tears when I had to go to bed, and the Draiks still weren't released. One of my dream pets is a Mutant Draik, though I'd honestly be happy with any Draik. The early morning Draik distribution was apparently a glitch, as reported by The Neopets Team in the Neopian Times. But they let everyone who was lucky enough to get one keep their Draiks... and some people were able to get four or more of them! I was miserable and angry for some time after that... and I'm still disappointed today. Aside from the holiday Dream Pet distribution this year, that was probably my only chance to get my hands on one of those wonderful dragons... :(