Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Unlike the other hatchlings, this one hatched with wings.

And look! Its back legs have become a second set of wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

The first thing Summer saw when he hatched, what the gray dragon, Shadow Puppet. He instantly fell in love with her. He dreamed of the day when they could be mates. Summer refused to sleep anywhere but at Shadow's side. The day before Summer was to mature, he was frozen in time by the magi dragon, Orange Sodapop, to make room for new eggs. Summer was outraged, his dreams had been destroyed. He could never be Shadow's mate. Because of this, Summer harbors a deep grudge against the herd. The day Shadow was exiled, Summer quickly followed her into the mountains