I dont wanna be alooone~

Dragons can produce offspring both asexually (as proven by Longan and Dragon Eye) and with partners, however it's much easier and less strain on the dragon if they have a partner to help split the responsibilities with. So most of the time dragons chose another dragon to produce offspring with.

WITH COOKIES/BAKING:

-Contrary to popular belief dragons are able to reproduce with regular cookies, especially with their cookie forms. However this results in a 50/50 chance of the children either being live birthed or produce eggs.

-The children are ALWAYS dragons when it comes to carrying a pregnancy. Unfortunately dragon genetics are REALLY strong when it comes to producing offspring so prepare for your kids to barely have any traits from you.

-The pregnancy is the usual 9 months a usual pregnancy takes, although the mothers may experience cravings like meats, spicy foods, and other things dragons usually eat.

-If the 'mother' is the dragon pregnant reproducing with a male cookie then you have a higher chance of eggs.

-Dragons and Cookies can also BAKE baby doughs together like regular cookie couples too! Just combine pieces of your dough together and bake away. Since this process is not a pregnancy or laying eggs, you actually have a chance of reproducing a regular cookie or cookie/dragon hybrid by using this process instead.

-Dragons can ALSO reproduce offspring by baking dragon baby doughs together if they want. All the two dragons need to do is convert to their cookie forms and break off pieces for their dough to combine. Since both parents are dragons in this case, the offspring will also be fully dragon. However most dragons don't know this or prefer producing children the old fashioned way.

-'Female' Dragons can also go through a regular 9 month pregnancy with their cookie forms however if both parents are dragons this process will always produce eggs regardless of cookie forms.

ASEXUALLY:

-ALL dragons have the ability to use parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is the process of being able to reproduce asexually such as the New Mexixo Whiptail Lizard. Dragons who don't wish to get a mate or share anything but want to start a family usually do this however there is complications with doing this process.

-Parthenogenesis requires the dragons to go through a hard time concentrating their bodies into doing it with can put strain both physically and mentally on them. Because of this highly stressful situation, usually only one egg will be produced from this process sometimes two.

-ANY dragon can go through this process regardless of 'male' or 'female' genitalia status. Although 'female' dragons do have an easier time laying the eggs.

-Dragons go through the normal egg/pregnancy symptoms during this time again regardless of genitalia. Cravings, bloating, mood swings, pains, etc.

-Usually dragons have to go through the pregnancy and incubate the eggs by themselves which sometimes causes more stress on the parent with no one to help them or help take care of the eggs so they could go a break or get important things like food and water. This is the main reason why most dragons choose NOT to go through the process of parthenogensis.

-Any offspring produced won't be a cardon copy of their parent contrary to rumors but they WILL look a lot like their parent and have a good part of their personality, likes, and/or habits.

-Longan was able to have a somewhat easier pregnancy carrying Dragon Eye Cookie's egg because of how powerful they once were.

EGGS:

-The most common and preferred way of reproduction for most dragons. Most dragons will have clutches usually anywhere between 3 to 6, however most clutches are born years apart since dragons don't want to spend their entire lives just raising tons of hatchlings. So most dragons only produce one clutch in their lives out of choice.

-When dragon couples are ready to have eggs, the one who is not having the eggs will usually go into brooding behavior and instinctually become more overprotective over their mate and any children they do have still raising. Sometimes this extends to random children they encounter or if they have any pets.

-Brooding behavior includes the STRONG instinct to make a nest. Their brains are telling them they MUST make a nest! The nest is the safest place for their expecting mate and eggs. Different dragons make their nest out of different materials. EX: Pitaya will make their nest out of rocks they ground down themselves to get rid of all the sharp points with some fabrics to cushion it, Ananas will make theirs out of palm tree wood and use palm tree leaves and tropical plants to insulate it, etc. It varies from every dragon but usually they make it out of the materials in their territory.

-Brooding behavior also includes hyper cleaning the location their nest in located. In their minds a clean environment means less diseases and healthier eggs, this instinct is ingrained from back when illnesses were more rampent. LOOOOTTSS of preening and pampering their expecting mate. Bringing them food, grooming them, guarding them, etc. Once the eggs are laid, most of this overprotective behavior re-imprints on the eggs rather than their mate.

-This is the point where the brooding instincts for the 'mother' dragon kick in after she has a little time to recover. They'll be switching roles. The 'father' dragon sitting on the eggs or blowing fire on them and incubating them for another long six months while 'mother' dragon goes through the brooding instincts keeping the cave clean, bringing them food, and guarding them until the hatchlings breaks out of their eggs.

-It can take a LONG time for eggs to hatch if they aren't incubated properly. Such as Snapdragon's egg refusing to hatch until the heat of a bad forest fire from Dragon City burning down brushed over their egg. So the parents must make sure the eggs are pretty hot for them to hatch out.

NOW ONTO THE DRAGONS!!.....Their babies will look like the picture below btw since they're not live birthed/baked baby doughs. EDIT: Found the artists! It's by puppygirlgholdengo on tumblr!

Ananas Dragon Cookie:

-Ananas leaves their wife in the care of the healer as they leaves with the yellow eggs with orange polka dots. When Pineapple Ring wakes up ours later from taking a well deserved nap, she only finds the healer cookie placing a tray of food on her lap. "Here. You're exhausted. It takes some time for new mothers to recover after giving birth, even if it's just eggs." "Where's Ananas?" "The Great Golden Dragon is tending to their eggs. They ordered us to take care of you until I deem you fit enough to be on your own again." "O...Kay??" "Eat now. Your body needs strength to recover." Well one day turned into two. Two turned into three. And then FINALLY after a whole WEEK, the healer deemed her healed up enough to walk and be off bed rest but not without doctor's orders. "Don't do anything strenuous for at least two months. Your body needs time to recover after nine months of pregnancy and then giving birth. So no carrying anything heavy or rigorous exercises or swinging your sword. You'll have plenty of time to work yourself back into shape AFTER you finish healing first. Drink plenty of juice and eats lots of healthy food in the meantime." That wasn't the strange part. The strangest part was Ananas never came to check on her once! It was so unlike them! The dragon would've come to check on her one time during that week but no. She was given a lot of visits and congratulations from the Mango Tribe and Mango Cookie but no Dragon. A quick look around the village and her hut also turned up empty. Where were they? She ended up asking Mango Cookie who usually knew where they were. "Oh! The Golden Dragon?" He pointed to Pineapple Volcano. "They've returned to their volcano to take care of their eggs." "Without telling me?...That's not like Ananas. I'd better go see them." "W-Wait! Aren't you still recovering?! You shouldn't be climbing a mountain yet!" "And Ananas shouldn't have taken our children without telling me." She called back as she walked sword at her side as usual. "I've dealt with monsters and fighting off twenty bandits at once before. I'll be fine."

-One exhausting mountain climb later, she was gasping for air and wheezing in front of the entrance to their cave sitting on the ground. "I really let...*gasp* myself go...these last *wheeze* nine months.....I-I need to...g-get back *GASP* into shape soon." Eventually she was able to walk inside the cave and found Ananas's throne room but no dragon. Looking around she found Ananas's treasure room FULL of all kinds of treasure and valuables but no dragon. "ANANAS!!" She called out starting to get genuinely worried about where her husband and children could be. Her voice echoing out through the caves. "WHERE ARE YOU!?" "Pineapple Ring?" Their voice called back. "There you are!" Relief and anger flooded in her as she followed their voice. "What on earthbread were you thinking!? Taking our children without telling me and leaving me alone for a whole week after I gave birth to our children!?" "I made sure to receive updates on you every day." "That's no excuse!" She popped her head into a room...rose a brow, and came in once she found them. "There you are!" The dragon was there alright. In a giant bird nest. It was woven from what looked like palm trees they ripped apart to put together and the inside was chalk FULL of nothing but lots and LOTS of palm tree leaves, and in the middle of it all was Ananas who was laid on their side one arm propping up their head to look at her calmly. "....What are you doing?" "When I told you to rest up and let me do my part, I meant it." "That's not what I asked." They sighed. "I'm incubating our eggs." They pushed themselves up to show her a small hole carved into the nest and two yellow eggs with orange polka dots sat there safely. The dent allowing Ananas to lay their whole body comfortably down on them without crushing them. Speaking of which, the dragon immediately laid back down as if they were relaxing on the beach. "They need a constant stable hot temperature if they're going to hatch safely." They explained gesturing their free hand around the cleaned up cave. "The safest and warmest place on Pineapple Island is my volcano. Along with my higher body heat, they should be warm enough." "You could've told me this in the first place before I climbed the mountain." "YOU CLIMBED IT!? BY YOURSELF!?" "It's your own fault for not telling me where you were going with our children, Ananas." "Rrr. You are getting in this nest with me immediately and resting!" She didn't have a choice as they literally dragged her in with them. "So...How long will it take for them to hatch?" "It usually takes five or six months when you do it correctly." She was surprised. "That long? I already waited nine months to meet them." "Dragons are powerful creatures who can wield magic and ancient strength. It takes a while to develop bodies able to handle it. Besides, I'll be doing most of the work this time around. You focus on resting and recovering." They narrowed their eyes. "So no more climbing the mountains by yourself!" "Alright. ....Have you even been eating or sleeping the past week?" "The Mango Tribe has been bringing me food and juice every few days. I've been fine." "If I'm recovering, you're eating everyday! No exceptions." "...*sigh* Alright. But I'm not leaving the nest for at least half a year. No visitors are allowed on the island until then!"

-Ananas kept their word. They. Did. NOT. Leave. The. Nest. Not even when Pitaya stopped by out of curiosity. "I SAID NO VISITORS!!! THAT INCLUDES THE OTHER DRAGONS!!" The only time they did move was to change positions how they laid on the eggs or to check on them at least three times a day or to sit up to accept food and juice from someone, but they never left the nest. They didn't look the least bit bothered about it though. They looked perfectly content just laying there looking like they were napping away. Instead of a giant tribute once a month, the Mango Tribe took to bringing their leader giant meals at least once a day like she requested. Mango Cookie was the best (son-) follower during the next few months. "I brought you some books." He brought along some books he had gotten a hold of from using his boat to visit the mainland or trading Lotus's followers for a long with some food for Ananas. "I thought maybe you could read them to help pass the time if you ever get bored. That is if you like reading, Golden Dragon." Ananas stared at him and the books before nodding. "This tribute satisfies me greatly. When your future heirs to Pineapple Island are hatched, you will be the first to be allowed to see them." He gasped loudly. "REALLY!? Oh my goodness! I'm so excited! I'm going to have to get them something great as their first offering! Maybe some sweet fruits? No. Some beautiful wildflowers! NO! I got it!! I can give them my topaz-" "That topaz I gave to you, Mango. Besides, babies don't need gems. They could choke on them." "OH NO!! You're right! What should I get them?!" She patted his back. "As their big brother, the best gift you can give them is being there for them." He stared. "Big ..brother?" "I adopted you. Remember? That makes any other children I have your siblings." "Big brother.........I'M GOING TO BE THE BIG BROTHER TO THE GOLDEN DRAGON'S HATCHLINGS!! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!" He was VERY excited to tell everyone when he left She smiled at Ananas. "'See' and not 'worship'? You're starting to finally accept that you're his parent aren't you?" Ananas only shrugged smiling. "He deserves to be rewarded." They pointed at the stack of books. "Pass me the one that says 'The Adventures of the Shadow Prince.' That one actually looks interesting." She spent her time taking over Ananas's duties of watching over Pineapple Island and the Mango Tribe, slowly getting back into shape, and spending time checking on her mate who as usually would be laying in the nest. "How are you feeling? Is sitting in one place for so long going to harm your health?" "Nah. Dragons can hibernate for months if we need to, so this is nothing. Longan slept on their throne for a thousand years and wasn't harmed. Helping my children into the world for half a year won't harm me a bit. How are you feeling?" "Great! I'm finally able to move around again without the weight of two bowling balls weighing down my stomach! I'm almost back to the way I was before being pregnant!" "Good. Because I plan on having at least twenty more children." RECORD SCRATCH- "....Haha. Funny joke." They stared at her. "Ananas, that was a funny joke!....Right?" They just slyly grinned wiggling their brows at her which sent a scared feeling down her spine.

-When the day FINALLY comes, it's a complete coincidence herself and Mango Cookie are visiting Ananas and bringing them food. "Ananas! Mango and I brought you your favorite food. Pineapple upside down cake topped with shredded coconut." "GET IN HERE!! NOW!!" They both paused when their loud voice echoed from the cave. It sounded panicked and ...maybe angry?? "What?" "I WON'T REPEAT MYSELF!! COME HERE! NOW!!" Both looked at each other with Mango Cookie looking nervous. "D-Did we do something wrong?" "Of course not." She was already moving fast. Running into the cave and finding Ananas OUT of the nest and leaned over it. "Ananas?! What's wrong!? What happened?!" Instead they turn to her with a big smile. "Would you like to meet Pineapple Ring Dragon Cookie and Pineapple Juice Dragon Cookie?" The children. Lo and behold all three watched as the eggs moved and shook violently like little earthquakes were happening inside, until they crumbled into pieces and two little yellow creatures crawled out from their shells. One looked up at them with big yellow eyes.....slowly blinked...and gave a small sound that sounded like a peep. "That's not a baby dough." "AW! They're so cute!" Mango gushed as one looked at them staring endlessly while their sibling just flopped over to take a nap randomly. Ananas picked up the one staring at them and held them up proudly. "Of course they're not. They're our children and they're going to be glorious!"

PITAYA DRAGON COOKIE:

-Unlike Ananas, Pitaya doesn't automatically leave Desert Rose right away. They get into the nest they made on Dragon Fruit Island and start using that one rather than moving the eggs all the way to Dragon's Valley and settling them up in the volcano home they had set up. Plus they were too worried about leaving Dessert Rose alone after the stressful and painful experiences she had endured, and the fear of Burning Spice still hovering over their heads. So Pitaya is gently moving her over and getting in the nest with her, cuddling up to her and pulling the eggs and Snapdragon close to them. Not only is Pitaya's body heat much greater than hers but so is Snapdragon's being a dragon, so they can spare a few days cuddling with her on and off. "How do you feel?" Is the first thing they ask her exhausted form once she wakes up from the most tired nap she's ever woken up from. "My body feels heavy and numb...everything still hurts. How long was I in labor?" "Fourteen hoursss." She stares at the ceiling before nodding. "Yep..That checks out with how much soreness I'm feeling." "YOU!!" The Mala Tribe Woman jumps from where her dragon master snaps their glare on her. "Go get that healer! NOW! I don't care if it'sss the middle of the night! Jussst DO IT!!" The woman immediately runs into the night without question in fear of what the Red Dragon will do if she refuses them. "Pitaya...your yelling is making my head hurt more...Please stop." Pitaya definitely is shocked and worried. Dessert Rose saying 'please' instead of demanding they stop? Oh yeah. She was clearly in some kind of new pain her body never handled before. Their response was to become uncharactistically quiet and rub their face into her head waiting for the healer. "...Are the eggs ok?" "Yesss. None are cracked or missshapen. You did a good job delivering them sssafely." "....One better be named after me for all the hard work I went through, Pitaya." They bark a laugh. Now that sounded like their mate. The healer shows up nervous and tired, but too scared Pitaya will just kidnap her again for a third time or destroy another wall if she doesn't. After a quick check up with Pitaya glaring down her neck she reports good news. "S-She's perfectly normal for someone who just gave birth to triplets. Uh..Eggs. Triplet eggs? A-Anyways! She's going to be fine. She's just going to have to take it easy for two months before she does anything like hard labor or intense workouts." "Two months?" The Healer nods. "And you have to stay in bed rest for at least a week. Giving birth to one baby is already stressful enough, but you gave birth to three. I just want to be on the safe side." "Heh." Dessert Rose looks amused. Nothing about being in a relationship with Pitaya was 'safe'- "Very well." She looked surprised at Pitaya. "Tell Mala SSSauce Cookie to bring sssuitable ssservantsss to look after her and your Massster! The Red Dragon or Greenish-Red Dragon!" The pointed at her with a death glare. "And YOU'RE going to be ONE of them! Underssstand, Cookie?" "Y-Yes, Sir-.. I-I mean Red Dragon!" One week went by, slowly. Most of it was just her laying there or sleeping away as the cookies around them cleaned and brought them both food. Pitaya was also unusually more quiet during this time unless it was to bark an order- "You call thisss edible!? Take it back and cut it sssmaller so she can eat it easssier!" or "If SSSnapdragon wantsss you to play with them then entertain them!" or "WHO'SSS IDEA WAS IT TO TAKE THE BLANKET I LIKED!?" "I-It needed to be washed, Red Dragon." "THEN BRING IT BACK!! I'LL DRY IT MYSSSELF!!! NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH OR TAKE ANYTHING FROM INSSSIDE MY NESSST!! THE NEXT COOKIE WHO DOESSS ISSS GETTING THROWN IN MY LAVA PITSSS!!" ....Maybe they wanted to make sure her recovery was as stress free as Pitaya-ly possible.

-When she WAS finally able to leave the nest, Pitaya was reluctant but let the other ladies help her on wobbly feet. "Ugh...This is gonna take a while." "At least two months of taking it easy like I told you. Look on the bright side! You've already spent one week recovering, now you only have seven more weeks to go." She groaned. "I'm never giving birth again! Four kids is enough!" SLAM!! Everyone jumps and snaps back around, only to find Pitaya slamming their fist a second time into the ground of the nest creating a mini hole in the floor. "PITAYA!! WHAT THE FUDGE ARE YOU DOING!?" They didn't answer, only punch two more times until the hole was a foot deep, and two feet wide. The debry and rocks was cleared out of the hole, before a blanket was carefully tucked in to line it and then one by one all three magenta and green eyes were carefully placed inside fitting perfectly. Pitaya calmly eyed them for ten seconds, before just safely plopping themselves down on top of the eggs, crossing their legs and arms, and looking annoyed. Desert Rose and the ladies exchanged looked before looking at them sitting in the nest again. "....Did you just punch a hole in my floor?" "Yesss." "...Why?" "I need to incubate the eggsss properly ssso they will hatch." They explained looking annoyed still. "I wanted to take them to Dragon'sss Valley, my volcano would've been hot enough that I wouldn't have had to sssit on them..However I can not risssk that Beassst coming back and taking hisss anger out on them." They gave her a pointed look. "And I will not risssk leaving you in your vulnerable ssstate. SSSo..I shall ssstay here and sssit on them until they hatch." "How long do you have to sit on them?" Pitaya's eye twitched. "Half a year." OH! No wonder Pitaya looked so annoyed. Pitaya was never used to staying in one place for longer than two weeks at a time before leaving and then coming back again until they were sleeping for long lengths of time. They were a dragon who enjoyed their freedom and being able to leave their two territories and coming back whenever they felt like it. "We can take turns sitting on them so you can have breaks." "That won't work. Dragon eggsss need HIGH amountsss of conssstant temperature in order to hatch. SSSnapdragon refusssed to be born for agesss until the heat of a burning city touched their eggshell...Your body doesssn't radiate the amount of heat they need." They pouted harder. "And SSSnapdragon isss too sssmall to incubate all three at once properly....It hasss to be me." "Ok. That makes sense...then why did you punch a hole in my floor?" They snapped to her. "IF I'M GOING TO BE SSSTUCK HERE DOING NOTHING BUT SSSIT ON MY BEHIND FOR HALF A YEAR, THEN I AT LEASSST DESSSERVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT COMFORTABLY!! EVEN YOU WERE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND DO THINGSSS WHILE PREGNANT WITH OUR HATCHLINGSSS!!.....Besssides. Dragonfruit Island is naturally warmer than other islandsss and this is the best way to incubate them." "...*sigh* Fine, but I expect you to fix the floor as soon as this entire thing is over with!"

-Days roll by tensely with Desert Rose slowly recovering with Snapdragon hovering at her side. "Mommy, Okay?" "Yes. Mama's fine." "Ok....Mama ok?" "*sigh* Yes, Baby. Mama's ok." "Mama come play today?" "We can play but we can't roughhouse or do anything really hard. Mama's still healing." Snapdragon and Pitaya continue to be cute together. "Taya! I see siblings now?" "Sure." They would then lean over or sit up to allow Snapdragon to crawl around the eggs carefully. Pitaya said it was fine since with Snapdragon's naturally higher body heat, it would actually be benefictial for the eggs whenever the toddler gently held them or pressed an ear to them trying to hear their siblings inside. "When they hatch?" "Uh-...Wait. How long hasss it been?" "One month and two days, Pitaya." "ONE MONTH!?" "And two days." "UGH!...You have to wait four or five more monthsss." At least Snapdragon helped to keep their parent entertained while they laid there cycling between looking bored, annoyed, and angry. Their favorite positions either arms and legs pouting, or laying on their back starfish position looking endlessly bored at the ceiling. The attendants continuing to cook and clean for them all until she could recover fully which by half way through the third month she actually could begin to start cooking and cleaning again much to Pitaya's pleasure. "At least that'sss ONE good thing about thisss!" "How so?" "....I misss your cooking. I'm ssso tired of being fed nothing but meesssely fish and cut fruitsss and veggiessss. You alwaysss make deliciousss mealsss I like." That was probably one of the sweetest things Pitaya had ever told her. Pitaya had taken care of her during her pregnancy despite the hormones turning her into a rage driven monster, the least she could do was take care of them now that she was back to being able to walk. She wasn't able to cook for the entirety of her pregnancy and now three months post birth. So Pitaya probably went that long foraging themselves or relying on the tribe to feed them. She'll gladly taking over the cooking and cleaning and taking care of Snapdragon. She wanted to build her body back up anyways. However she wasn't expecting Pitaya to suddenly lie face down and just repeatedly hit their head over and over again on the ground in the nest. Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud- "What's wrong with you this time?" "It'sss been three monthsss of me jussst sssitting here!" They yelled into the floor. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MMMOOOOORRREEE!!! I'M BORED!! I've done nothing but sssit on my backssside!!" "Oh stop being a big baby dough! I've had to deal with bloating, constantly vomiting, and feeling like I had three boulders weighing me down for almost a whole year. You can survive five or six months of just relaxing. You only have two or three more months anyways." A long hiss escaped the dragon followed by cursing in dragon tongue. "Pitaya! Don't cuss in front of Snapdragon and the eggs! I don't want them picking up your bad words!" They laid there face down not moving or saying anything. She sighed. "Alright. How about this? I can invite Hollyberry Cookie to come visit us." Instantly their head snapped up smiling. "YESSS!! Perhapsss she hasss talesss to tell me that will be entertaining!" "I'll send her a letter first thing tomorrow. But right now who wants to try my roasted pork cutlet with seasoned veggstables. "YUMMY!!" "You know jussst the way to my heart." She snorted. "Through your cast iron stomach. It's not difficult."

-Hollyberry stopped by to visit with some of her usual entourage two weeks later and it was the longest two weeks of Pitaya's eyes constantly asking- "Is she here yet?" "No, Pitaya." "....How about now?" "Uuuuhhh." Until one day without warning the door to your home was just kicked open startling her when the pink haired woman came strolling in. "I heard someone was going stir crazy with awaiting my godchildren!" Hollyberry loudly announced. "Perhaps I can help alleviate that boredom!" "Howyberry!" "Oh FINALLY!!" "And I've come bearing gifts! Some foods and spices you requested in your letter, and my daughter-in-law gave us some old baby supplies from when Princess Cookie and Tiger Lily Cookie were baby doughs. Some toys for all four little ones too!" "YAY! TOYS!!" "Oh, thank witches. You're a life saver." "And I've brought something special for Pitaya!" She held up what looked like a Tupperware container and a tall glass bottle. "Some hollyberry juice and dragon head stew straight from Dragon City itself! We made a detour just to get it for you! I figured you could use a proper meal after all this time." Pitaya could've collapsed sobbing into Hollyberry's arms if their pride wasn't bigger. They ate down the soup and chugged that juice like Pitaya had been starving for years. "So how are the children?" In response the dragon stood up slightly to allow their friend/rival see the eggs briefly before plopping themselves back down on it never stopping eating. Even though Hollyberry was their good friend, Pitaya still refused to allow her more than five feet near the nest. Guess those brooding instincts were still strong. "How long has it been since they've been sitting there?" "Three and a half months now." Hollyberry looked genuinely shocked. "That long?" "Yep! And depending on how long they take, we still have to wait two and a half or one and a half more months." "Well no wonder they were getting to be so stir crazy. Who wouldn't be if they just sat there on their butt doing nothing for that long?" "THANK YOU! SSSee?! Finally sssomeone ssseesss my point!" Hollyberry's promise of coming by to visit once a month until the babies hatched seemed to help Pitaya settle down somewhat but they were still upset about having to stay there doing nothing but sitting around for so long.

-When it happens it's sudden and spontanious just like Pitaya. It's the middle of the night and everyone is fast asleep. Until Pitaya's instincts tell them to wake up from the loud snoring curled up position they've been in...They slowly lift a head up but nothing's wrong so they're about to go back to sleep- !? "Uh...SSSnapdragon. Ceassse moving and go back to sssleep. I'm not in the mood to play-"...Wait. Since when did Snapdragon get UNDER them?? !!! "THEY'RE HERE!!" Desert Rose ends up startled awake and tumbling out of bed painfully. With a groan she sits up dazed. "Pitaya, I swear to fudging witches-!!" "They're hatching!!" "WHAT!?" She runs to the nest face planting the floor once but making it JUST as the first eggs falls apart and the first fat little potato beanie bag looking pink baby comes waddling out. The other two are still shaking but are quickly follow by two more bean bag potatos different shades of pink and green as the three of them looked in awe at the sight. "SIBLINGS!!" The first one just turns their closed eyed face towards Pitaya's scent and peeps almost like a bird. In response they pick them up proudly with surprising gentleness. "HAHAHA!! Look at that! Not ten minutesss out of the egg and you already recognize your sssire!" "Probably because they heard you yelling so much outside their eggs."..She reaches out to poke the second one since Snapdragon is already pulling the annoyed looking third into their arms. In response the slightly shaking baby dragon just clutches onto her hand. "...These are what I made huh? Not going to lie, they're pretty cute...Hey! Wait a second!" She looks annoyed at her proud partner. "How come all three look like you!? I did the all the hard work baking them for nine months!" "Dragonsss are powerful! And ssso isss our bloodlinesss! I am not sssurprisssed they're full dragonsss." They gentle place the one their holding down before heading for the door. "Where are you off too in the middle of the night?" "To ssstretch my wingsss and fly! I haven't done that for five monthsss, and to tell Hollyberry Cookie the good newsss and ssspare in celebration!! ...Plusss thessse hatchlingsss will need to be fed come morning." Ah....That made sense actually. She didn't know what hatchlings ate. With a fwap sound their wings opened before they looked back at her. "They will fall asssleep again soon. Keep them warm and have SSSnapdragon share body heat! I shall bring them food and then you and I will begin production for the next clutch! I want an army of heirsss to carry on my legacy!" "Ok. Wait- WHAT!?"

LONGAN DRAGON COOKIE:

-Knows EXACTLY what to do and what they're doing believe it or not. After all they've been through this WHOLE process with Dragon Eye Cookie. However they're also going to be very mindful of Butterfly and her needs during this time as well. She was murdered and taken away from them, seeing her laying there limp as a ragdoll and exhausted reminds them too much of the incident so very long ago. So like Pitaya, once they calmly clean off the eggs, they set to work cleaning up the nest (which is really just a massive pile of large cushions and blankets Lotus gave them), cleaning up her. Then once everything is said and done, they gently place her back down in the nest and disdainfully allow the healer Lotus brought with them to check her over for any injuries. "..You're going to be fine." He smiles at her. "You just need to take it easy for a while and get plenty of rest. Drink plenty of juice and get lots of sleep and you should be good to go however I highly recommend you don't do anything like lift up heavy objects or intense workouts for at least two or three months." "Two or three months?" "Your body needs time to heal and recover from being pregnant for nine months and the stress it endured during labor. And extra strain would be dangerous if you're not healed." "She will be fine in sixty eight days." Everyone turns to Longan just sitting there on the eggs very seriously staring back. Again HOW do they know? No one knows.

-They insist on staying with her during her recovery period, having their many wyvern servants bringing them both food and books as they continue to silently sit on those eggs like it's nothing but an ordinary thing they do every Tuesday. "...Won't the eggs get crushed under your weight?" "I have settled them safely. Finish your meal." They answered back without looking up from the thick book in their hands. "Why are you sitting on them like an almond bird?" They look up at her. "The eggs need to be properly incubated if a successful hatching is to be had. Dragon Eye also had to be properly kept warm within my body until they were ready to enter the world. My body will supply what they need." "Oh! So dragons do act like Mama birds! Do you guys have to chew up food for them too?" Longan just blankly stares as she genuinely asks confused. "...No. Dragons are not even remotely comparable to avian creatures." Their eyes turn back to the book. "Finish your food. Your body needs the nutrients." "How long will it be until they hatch?" "Five months, three days, six hours, four minutes, and two seconds....And counting down." Again HOW do they know the EXACT time and date it'll happen? No one knows. Instincts maybe? Maybe they say it before their dragon orbs were taken away and destroyed? No one has any idea how they knew how long it'll take Butterfly's body to completely recover enough to do work or when the eggs will hatch but it's honestly kinda a relief to be able to have a date for everything. Butterfly doesn't have to strain for anything. Servants are at her beck and call or Longan's order as they just simply sit there. Sometimes reading, sometimes talking to her, but most of the time they're meditating for hours on end. Eyes closed, leaned back into the piles of cushions, and looking like they were asleep. But she knew they weren't. "Longan?" Immediately their black eyes snapped open and turned to her standing outside the nest holding up some tea and snacks. "I brought you a snack and some green tea." "....Thank you." Well they did sleep for a millenia on a hard stone throne, so meditating for hours at a time sitting up right on comfy pillows and blankets wouldn't be so hard for them.

-She was able to exit the nest even to Longan's protests after a while and was able to slowly get back to a normal life. She was able to go back to tending to her giant indoor garden Longan had set up for her and it helped to pass the time by just focusing on fixing up her garden since she wasn't able to spend the last year taking care of it due to being pregnant and recovering from the labor. Although Butterfly still stopped by to check up on the dragon who still sat there unmoving. Dragon Eye sometimes stopped by bounding in to their parent eating a cookie or clutching a toy. "Are they here yet?" "Not for another three months and seventeen hours." "That long. How can something so tiny take so long to be born?" Longan looked at them. "It took you longer to be born. You also were a more complicated hatching." "How come?" ".....You will learn when you are older and mature more." They still REFUSE any birds and bees talk until they're a century old. "I'm mature enough! Mother even lets me go by myself to the other islands!....What if we just crack open their eggs like an omelet?" "That will only harm them. They must hatch when they are ready. You will learn when you have hatchlings with a dragon I approve of your own one day to carry on our lineage. For now you will have to give your siblings patience for a while longer." "Oh.....Wanna cookie?" A chocolate chip cookie was held up to their parent. Longan only stared at them before taking the cookie. "..Yes."

-When the time comes it's right on schedule as Longan had predicted. One day they simply got up from meditating, stepped out of the nest, and sent a servant to go fetch their mate and child. She was in the middle of trimming a rose bush when a wyvern servant walked up to her. "The Ivory Dragon requires your presence immediately." She's taken to the nursery where she's surprised to find Longan standing out of the next and holding Dragon Eye Cooking in their arms so the toddler dragon could look in awe at the inside at something. Neither looked up at her as she curiously poked her head in to see, and was shocked to find a small white oval shaped creature waddling around amongst the pillows. It made little noises as it waddle-crawled around as the other pure white egg with shiny gold speckles shook. Eventually it too broke open and another similar white blobby creature waddled out shaking off loose eggshells before waddling around. "Wow. They sure look weird. Not like a cookie at all." "Dragon Eye! Don't be mean!" "That is because they are pure dragons. Gaze upon them both closely. You three are the first in the new age of dragons coming forth into existence." One hand reached down easily picking up one of the chubby peeping babies. It peeped loudly in alarm squirming around...before eventually calming down in Longan's familiar scent as they passed the baby over to Dragon Eye who made cute grabby motions towards their baby sibling. Butterfly was surprised to see Dragon Eye being so careful hold their chonky sibling like a teddy bear. "When will they be big enough for me to play with?" "When they are a year old, you will be able to play fight with them safely. However you will need to be mindful. We can not afford to lose a single dragon until your mother and I continue to create the new age-" "I already told you I'm not going through this again!"

LYCHEE DRAGON COOKIE:

-Lychee is pretty much frustrated after the birth. Not because of the birth, but because of their size. Actress is busy being looked over by the Rambutan Tribe's healer as Lychee tends to their two dark purple eggs. Instinct is wailing at them to cover them but unfortunately their body is too small to cover both completely, so they're comically splayed their body on top of them both wrapped in a blanket looking at Actress who slowly blinks at them before snorting. "Don't laugh!" They growled. "I-I'm sorry. You just look cute and funny like that." "Rrrr!! Just tell me how she is!" "She's fine." The old healer is calm despite Lychee's glares. "She'll just need a few months of rest and relaxation before she tries any of those circus tricks of hers and then she'll be right as rain." "Oh great! At least that's good news-" They fell forward and face planted into the blankets trying to cover the eggs. "......Not. One. Word. From ANY of you!"She couldn't help but giggle at Lychee's attempts to cover both eggs a foot tall with their small body. Eventually they took a few blankets and piled them up in a giant round mini nest inside the next with just a small opening they put the eggs in before settling down on top and loathing like a cat would grumpily, looking like an angry cat as they settled down on top of the eggs. And yes They do put the heating blanket from the hatchling blanket around the eggs to help incubate them more as they loathed on top glaring at anyone who would giggle at them which was usually Actress and Rambutan Cookie whenever she came to visit.

-Actually they act a LOT like Pitaya during this time. Annoyed, bored, and complaining a LOT about just having to lay there for so long but it's actually a lot better than Pitaya. Lychee may like to complain a lot and throw tantrums but they actually have a LOT more patience than Pitaya does. They literally spent YEARS disguised as a cookie to infiltrate the Rambutan Tribe, they can survive 5-6 months just loathing on top of their eggs like an angry elderly cat. However they do spare two blankets for Actress so she's not going without anything to keep her warm while she's laying there recovering from giving birth. Rambutan Cookie ends up moving in temporarily into their home and brings some of the Rambutan Tribe members to help take care of them both which is a life saver on them both. Actress is glad she can finally eat things now without worrying about throwing up or craving things Lychee loves like raw fish and spicy foods she could barely stomach. "Here. I made you both a rambutan fruit pie. I figured you both could use a sweet reward after everything you endured." "Thanks, Rambutan. You're a life saver." Lychee immdiately pokes their arms out towards her in a grabbing motion. "GIMME!! I'm starving just sitting here!...Give her a piece first though. She needs to regain her strength." They all help feed them both, do chores around the hut, and take turns checking on the Violet Dragon and their mate as she recovers. Every once and a while one of them will leave a small offering to Lychee at the end of the beautiful nest decorated in crystals(usually food like fish or fruit). "So ..how long will it take until the eggs hatch?" Lychee actually looks lost for once. "...I don't exactly know. I've never had parents and I don't know anyone else who had eggs before. I'm sort of just winging it right now with what my body is telling me to do." They shrugged. "For all I know it could take another nine months." "Well, however long it takes we'll go through it together. For now let's just follow your gut instincts and see where they take us!" Eventually Actress was able to start walking outside the nest and start working on something important- Getting back into shape and getting back her flexibility and mobility she lost from being pregnant for nine months. "You still need to take it easy for a few months!" "I know. But they never said I couldn't exercise a little bit and get back into shape. I need to lose a few pounds if I still want to audition for roles-" "I SWEAR I'LL DRAG YOU BACK INTO THE NEST AND TIE YOU UP TO KEEP YOU FROM DOING SOMETHING STUPID!!" "I haven't done anything stupid!" "YOU TRIED TO DO A HAND STAND WHILE PREGNANT!!" "I wasn't that pregnant at the time-" "RAMBUTAN COOKIE!! I ORDER YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND STOP HER FROM DOING ANYTHING STUPID!!" They're just worried about her health and don't want to stress out over the eggs AND Actress at the same time. Lychee is already very worried about the eggs since they don't have any idea of what to do other than what their instincts are telling them to do, which is to sit on the eggs to warm them and guard them.

-As I said it really is a lot similar to Pitaya but Lychee has more patience and the constant visits from Rambutan Cookie and the other Rambutan Tribe cookies help to combat...Doesn't stop them from complaining tho- "Ugh! This is booorrrring! No wonder dragons barely have any eggs!" or "Someone do something to entertain me!" or "Rambutan Cookie! I can't reach the food and I am not getting off these eggs!" Actress just rolls with the punches as the days slowly tick by. Neither is really sure when the eggs will hatch...In fact Lychee is starting to think they already failed as a parent already and the eggs are duds. Until FINALLY five and a half months later, they literally freak out when two something start violently moving under their body shaking them. "Y/N!! GET IN HERE!! SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!!" They're panicking flying above the eggs as Actress rushes in hearing panicked screaming, but they also freeze when they see the eggs moving around so roughly that the mountain of blankets covering them is shaking. Eventually Lychee pulls the blankets away to see the eggs as the first cracks form and then bust open. Both freeze as something small and purple waddles on over covered in a giant eggshell until Lychee removes it revealing a purple chonky looking cute bean bag baby. Shakingly they looked up at Lychee who stares back in awe at the teeny thing. ....Then they tilted their head and peeped at them. ".....Oh my witches." A HUGE grin crossed their face. "THEY'RE CUTE LIKE ME!!" The tiny shaking thing peeped again as Lychee just scooped them up to hold them like a dolly. "HI, BABY!! Oh look at how cute and teeny tiny you are! You definitely take after me. Didn't you? Didn't you!?" "Lychee be careful with them." She looked at the other chonky purple baby who just also stared blankly up at them both with big eyes. "....Huh. Not how I expected them to look. They don't look a thing like me." "Well the important part is that they're cute like me so everyone is going to LOVE them!" "I dunno if that's the most important part. I'd say it's most important that they're safe." "We need more of them!" They cooed over the babies. "We need to have more of them so even more cute dragons can replace the others!" "...What?" "Lychee Dragon Cookie! The Violet Dragon, savior of all dragon kind! Longan will be SSSOOOO angry! Hahahaha!" "Now hold on a minute-" "My descendants shall rule over all of the Tropical Soda Seas! And everyone will know that the Violet Dragon saved their whole species!!" "YOU ARE GETTING WAY OVER YOUR HEAD!!"

LOTUS DRAGON COOKIE:

-Just like how Petal had the least stressful pregnancy thanks to Lotus's planning, she also has the least stressful recovery because of how far they planned ahead. That poor, poor stressed out doctor is sweating as Lotus looms over his shoulder has be checks up on Petal in the nest. There's something dangerous about their smile. "How is she, Doctor?" "*ahem* W-Well...S-She's still i-in a vulnerab-ble state but s-she'll make a f-full recovery." "That's wonderful news! I'd be so devastated if anything were to happen to my beloved petal. How long will she need to recoup?" "W-Well I-I'd r-recommend bed rest for a week, a-and then another t-two or th-three months of rest and relaxation would do the trick. W-With lots of juice and no stress." "That is perfectly doable. I'm sure Hydrangea Cookie wouldn't mind seeing to it my beloved lotus is taken cared of during this time." "It would be a pleasure, Master." "Then it's settled. Hydrangea Cookie, see to it the Doctor has been paid accordingly for his valuable services." The Doctor sighs in relief but freezes up in fright again as the dragon looms over him smiling that grin. "But of course the dear doctor is going to still come by once a week to do check ups on my little darling until she recovers fully...Aren't you?" "Y-YES!! Of course I am! Haha! I-I wouldn't dream of not doing just that!" "Excellent! I knew you were the best doctor on Lotus Paradise." Someone please help this poor man before he has a heart attack from the stress Lotus is giving him. Thankfully however Lotus soon turns their attention on Petal laying there all comfy settled. "How are you feeling my little blossom?" "Very sore and tired but the doctor says that's normal." "Worry not, Dear. You will be left in very good hands." "Left? Where are you going?" "Not far. Just to the nursery across the hall. I must sit on the eggs and incubate them if they are going to hatch." "Wait. You mean all that hard word and I have to wait longer just to see my own children?" They gently push her back down in bed. "Unfortunately yes, but worry not. It won't take as long as your pregnancy did." "How long WILL it take?" "According to the book on hatchlings Snake Fruit managed to dig up for me, approximately around half a year." "Six months!?....*sigh* Well I guess it can't be helped." "That's the spirit. Don't worry. Once you are better, you will be able to come and be with me. Hydrangea and Snake Fruit will take very good care of you."

-They simply return to the BEAUTIFULLY decorated nest, get in, and wrap themselves around the three eggs like a snake settling down and gently covering them up with their robes before sitting down. The eggs perfectly snuggled against them and all comfy. Lotus had already mentally prepared themselves for this next step in the journey after reading it in the ancient book Snake Fruit found them, and since they love planning ahead, they already made arrangements for Hydrangea and Snake Fruit Cookie to run Lotus Paradise in their stead for the half year they would be busy incubating the eggs. Hydrangea Cookie has already made the proper arrangements and considers it an honor. The dragon trusts her to help Petal recover and run their paradise temporarily although the cookie doesn't just take off by themselves. "Great Blue Dragon, the trade with Pineapple Island has gone well. The Golden Dragon has agreed to give us some of their islands animals for meat and many fruits in exchange for the medicinal herbs." Lotus flipped through the long list presented to them while humming. "Excellent. We can use the amount of food you managed to get to help feed the many cookies on the island. However save some the best steak for myself and my Petal. ...Hm. The management of the island seems to be going well. However the southeast province seems to be having some difficulties for you." "Forgive me. Some of the dinosaurs have migrated into the smaller towns and have been causing some destruction and damage to the areas." "Now that won't do at all. Have Snake Fruit Cookie use their dragon form to scare them back where they belong. Might as well put that form of theirs' to use." "Great Blue Dragon." A servant bowed. "I have brought you your noon meal." "Right on time!" Lotus has no issues managing their island from the nest. They are content sitting on their three eggs and playing their mandalin and sing to their eggs. Yes. They STILL insist on talking and singing to their babies because they read talking to them helps to form a bond. However instead of talking to Petal's stomach, now they talk to the eggs. "-and then the big bad cake hound said 'I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.'" They read from a storybook Snake Fruit had brought them. "Taking a deep breath, the big bad cake hound blew very hard and the second little gummy bear's house of sticks blew away." (Snake Fruit brought them some books to help them pass the time aside from singing and playing their instrument-). They get daily reports about Petal's slow recovery from one of them too and make it a priority to them to ensure she's well.

-The moment Petal's deemed 'mostly' recovered, Lotus is very pleased to see her again after three months even though they were right across the hall from each other. "How are you feeling?" "Much better. I want to lose this extra weight though. I feel so...different." "You're absolutely beautiful to me no matter what you look like. However if you wish to do so, I will support you fully!" "It shouldn't take me too long to get back into shape. I'm going to start dancing again now that my body is able to move around normally again." "Excellent! You can dance here and I can play for you! It can help pass the time better." "I'd love to. How have you been? I've been worried about you just sitting here for days on end." "All four of us are wonderful. I think I felt one of them moving around the egg yesterday." They're so happy to spend time with Petal again playing for her as she slowly got back into shape dancing for them. Speaking of which, a lot of cookies leave more offering for the Blue Dragon at the food of Lotus Palace. Jewelry, fabrics like silks, foods, flowers, gems, and surprisingly Lychee and Ananas even dropped by and gave a few crystals and fruits from their islands to show good will towards them. The two and Pitaya are taking turns covering Lotus's share of taking turns of checking on Longan and bringing Longan food. Longan had reached out to Lotus expressing interest in seeing their eggs with more dragons coming into the world but Lotus had firmly stated in no uncertain terms that Longan will NEVER see or be near their children! Pond Dino is pretty excited during this time. "I'm going to be a big sister!" Lots of days the toddler's just draws constant drawings and each one gets taped to the wall by lotus. One wall is nothing but the little girl's drawing at this point. Lotus let her once see and touch the eggs. "Are they here yet?" "Not yet." "Oh...How about now?" "Not yet. Have patience." She's actually really cute crawling around telling any random servant aaaallll the game and playtimes she planned on doing once her baby siblings are hatched.

-When the day finally arrives Lotus is very calm about it all. Suddenly the music stops and they're crawling up out of the nest as three eggs suddenly decided to start shaking and moving away on their own under them. "How marvelous! You there! Go fetch my darling immediately! You bring me towels and warm water to wash them off with immediately!" A servant gets Petal immediately and brings her back to the nursery where Lotus is uncharacteristically excited. They're already cradling something dark blue and chunky wrapped in a warm fuzzy towel as a second servant is carefully picking up blue-green eggshells to be disposed of. "Darling, come look at our little ones!" Petal does...and is surprised to see a chunky bean bag blink up at her, slowly nomming on a flipper. A pink flower bud on their head and what looked like tiny pink gems on their forehead. "Aren't they they most beautiful things in existence?!" "They have your flowers." She's trying not to be mean. Honestly she thought they'd look completely different. "Once the nest is recleaned we can begin to raise them all properly. After all they'll need to be a little independent so we can take care of their younger siblings." "Aren't they triplets though?" "Oh no, Dear." They slowly place the baby back in the nest. "I'm referring to our next few clutches." "Clutches?" The plural of clutch. As in...more than one!? "Of course! Now that we know it's possible, I can do my due diligence and save my entire species. One clutch of eggs at a time. They will all be beautiful and as regale as the both of us."