Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a large stone on its tail.

And look! It has grown 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.

Roxas the Nocturnal was your normal playful hatchling, until the day he got his wings. Shunned from the main cave he spent his time trying to teach himself to fly. He didn't want to live his family's life; he wanted to live with his friends in the main cave.

However, it was not to be. He spent too much time practicing, and would not come in when it rained, and the poor hatchling was struck by lightning. For days his parents spent their time next to his bed in the healing ward, and when he awoke his friends did not show. Except for the family he shunned, he was alone.