Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. This hatchling is hard to see, but in the sunlight it displays brilliant colors.

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.

Heia has a mischievous streak that often gets the young hatchling in trouble. She frequently will fly around or near the adult dragons, staying just in their peripheral vision giggling as they try and find her. This works well until one of the fierce Black dragons actually swatted at her and landed a claw across her body. Heia's parents were furious with the Black dragon who was rather upset at his mistake. Heia found the whole event amusing, in spite of her pain. She did learn, however, to keep herself at a distance when bothering the fighters in the Cave.