Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

DarkBlackSurviver is a Black Dragon hatchling who has been through a lot in his (relatively) short life. He hatched in the middle of a hurricane. His egg was hidden near two trees that were ripped from the ground by the strong winds. Luckily the egg hatched before its shells were thrown up into the air. DarkBlackSurviver hunkered down to the ground, and just then his owner found the terrified hatchling. She was carrying a lantern and almost otherwise hidden in a large oiled cloak, right behind her was his mother. The two females, human and dragon, bundled up DarkBlackSurviver and raced back to safety. He is very lucky to have survived, but the rest of his life should seem very good by comparison.