Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Icicles keep forming on its body, but it doesn’t seem to be bothered by the cold.

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.

This hatchling was left in her forgetful owners fridge for too long. She was frozen solid, which stopped her growth altogether. Although a spell was used to revive her she remains as freezer-burned as ever. She now creates skating rinks and bridges of ice for the hatchlings.