Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It loves watching the reflection of stars in the water.

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.

Musical Theory, known as Theory, is an even-tempered hatchling. He spends most of his time with Regal Red Royal (Red), his best friend. He and Red love to tell stories to Pink Jay, one of the dragons who watch over them. Some nights, Theory and Red sneak out of the cave to watch the stars in the waterfall pool near the cave. Theory loves to sing, even though he is horrible at it. Red loves to tease him about this, and he takes her teasing well, never getting mad. Theory has had a crush on Red for quite a while, but has never been brave enough to tell his playful friend his feelings for her.