Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. You think it's a girl, although you're not sure how to check.
And look! It's grown its wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. Their scales don't grow in until right before they mature, and they have almost no strength. Once a hatchling's wings grow in, it marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are usually left alone by their mother and begin to hunt and survive on their own.

A sea of violets rippling in the wind was all she saw. Lifting her head, she stared across the wide expanse of flowers. Laying her head down in the soft pillow of leaves, she stared at her own coloring, she was perfectly camouflaged here, few would see a violet in a field of them. She sighed. Life here was perfect.