The Wildwood mage guild school teaches holds a hospital, green house, rehabilitation center, and nursery for orphaned dragons. Students in their sophomore year are assigned a baby dragon to care teaching the students responsibility and are an incentive for making excellent grades. The high the grade the more time the student is allowed to spend with their dragon.<br/>Katherine Lyons was approached after her 2nd period class by Master Mage Arndell. He stood over 6'2" has a full hear of red hair pulled back and tied with a golden cord. Arndell spoke with a heavy Highland accent.<br/>"Mage Apprentice Katherine please do not leave for study hall. Instead, follow me please. You have been chosen for a very special assignment."<br/>Kate had gathered her books and satchel holding her school supplies and magic pen that she used to take notes with without using her hand. She was just about to pull her desk chair out when her history of magic teacher approached her.<br/>"May I ask, Master Mage Arndell, what the assignment is?"<br/>"No questions Katherine, just know it's something you earned."<br/>Kate had no idea where he was taking her. She has chosen to be a healer mage in her 5th year. She wanted to follow her mother chosen field. The mage student's mother left her over 100 volumes of books and scrolls on healing spells, potions, studies of herbs and healing properties of plants, insects, and nature.<br/>He stood up quietly and followed her teacher. Her school mage robe bushed the floor as she walked. She wore black patent leather flats that merely made a noise as he took a step.<br/>Master Mage Arndell led her past three hallways and two corridors to a thick oak door. The sign on the door in gold letters said 'HATCHLING NURSERY'.<br/>Kate looked scrunched her brow and tilted her head. She had heard rumors of the room and doubted it existed as she never believed the rumors. When Arndell waved his hand over the door a large, pastel painted room was full of baby beds, cribs, and a play area of balls, hidey cubbies covered in heavy carpet, a row of bathrooms labeled petite drakes and petite draketts.<br/>Inside the beds, cribs, and glassed playroom were caregivers and over 15 baby dragons. Kate could not believe she was seeing and hearing to coos, chortles, and billowed smoke from baby dragons.<br/>"We do have dragons, they are so cute."<br/>"These are cared for by the staff and upper class students. Grand Master Mage Allen has selected a very special dragon for you. Follow me."<br/>The teacher led Kate into a low-lit room that had huge eggs bigger than ostrich eggs under lamps cradled in fleece blankets in incubators. Arndell stood by a golden egg with silver flakes.<br/>"This is a very rare, royal dragon, the egg was found abandoned in the winter hills of Draconian. Very few people leave that country. It's yours to take care of Mage Apprentice."<br/>Kate blinked at the rich gold that was the outer shell. She could not resist touching it. As she did, the egg wobbled and quaked. "It's ready to come out. Oh, this is exciting. I wonder what kind of dragon it is."