Snapdragons

              One day, the wizard’s niece came over for a short visit (she only lived one meadow away). One of her favorite things was to help her aunt in the flower garden. Now, this was no ordinary flower garden. It was a wizard family’s flower garden. While it may not have been strictly magical, it was certainly more eclectic than most. There were great and fantastically shaped flowers, tiny and delicate flowers, simple and dainty ones, bright shoots of color, tall flowers, short flowers, fruit trees, and a monkey puzzle tree. There were also often many birds and butterflies, which made the garden even more alive, and added color even to the air. When there were baby dragons about, they added even more eccentricity to the garden. Their jewel-toned wings were like flying flowers, and their various games, pranks, and mishaps always made the garden more lively.
 

                On this particular day of interest, there were not many small dragons about. In fact, the only ones currently resident with the wizard were Neville, Eustace, and Tuor, and they were off somewhere for the day. That was when, under the snapdragons, the niece found a softly shiny, pink egg. She picked it up and began to carry it over to her aunt, when the egg began to move. She was so excited she nearly dropped the egg, but managed to hold still and gently cradle the egg in her hands as it continued to hatch. Soon, she was holding eggshell pieces and a tiny pink dragon, just beginning to uncurl herself and spread out her wet wings. The tiny dragon looked up and smiled. She and the niece were friends from then on. The dragon was named "Arianne".