Hatching in Equestria as a Silver Dragon

Sleeping next to a fluffy and soft creature, even if she was warm, was quite the upgrade from laying on the ground, I had lovely dreams of cuddling and being held and loved, it made me sleep much better than the previous nights.

I started to slowly wake up, blinking my eyes until I got used to the sunlight, I was curled into a ball with Sylf around me curled protectively too, it seems she decided to adopt me, she was looking at me as I stretched and yawned with a small smile.

"G-good morning, did you sleep well?" I ask with my sleepy voice, she nods, I remember that I should tell her about the new ability she has now.

"I forgot to mention, now, because you are my friend, you can talk to me directly with telepathy, you just think something like if you were saying it to me and I will hear it, don't worry any of your private thoughts are not going to be heard, only your ones directed to me that you intend to tell me" She looks surprised for a minute and I wait for her to talk to me.

'Little pup, are you sure? If you can hear me... I am sorry for scaring you last night, I wasn't thinking about hunting you, I just saw a small lost creature and felt the need to check up on you'

"Oh yes I can hear you, I-i understand, you are just so big and it was getting dark, I panicked... But now only thing that matters is that we are friends!" I smiled and hugged her tightly, nuzzling my little head against her side.

'Oh this is amazing! I have never been able to directly talk with someone, we usually communicate with body language, scent and some noises, but I can feel my thoughts are transmitted to you directly, I think its very beautiful! You can use it too, and by the way, my name is Sylf, I'm a black wolf, and just turned 20 years old, and you little pup?' Sylf excitedly talks in my mind, she has the excitement and exuberance of a young adult or a teen, that strikes me as odd since she is 20 years old... I'm gonna have to ask about that, since I thought wolves and dogs lived to about 20 or so years, but she seems very healthy and lively!

'Im glad to meet you miss Sylf, my name is Onyx, I'm a silver dragon and I'm 3 days old!' She looks at me with confusion and raises a brow, seems like she doesn't believe my age, and who would? I'm talking like I'm her same age, even mentally, a newborn hatchling wouldn't be able to talk like me, of course my voice still sounds baby like when I actually speak, but my mental voice sounds more adult like than it should, which seems to have confused her a lot.

'Im sorry but you don't exactly sound like a 3 day old, probably not a 3 year old, so what is going on with that? I won't try to force it out of you but I'd appreciate if you told me the truth... And Onyx is a beautiful name, I never met a dragon before, let alone a silver dragon! You look more like grayish with some blue tones, but maybe it has to do with the fact that you're a newborn pup... Or whatever are dragon pups called...?' At least she was nice about it, I decided I may as well trust her, she seems like a trustworthy creature and it's not like she can talk, so who is she gonna tell?

'Youre right Sylf, you've got quite a sharp mind, how old do black wolves can get anyway? You look like you're in your prime... Well back to topic, I wasn't always a dragon, I hatched 3 days ago but I had lived for about 19 years before that, I was pretty much an adult, and I was reincarnated after I died, I used to be another creature called a human, which probably doesn't exist here, either way I have abilities now, and the mind of an adult, I wasn't lying when I said I could catch fish for you, I have knowledge how fish think and how to catch them, and... From your last question, dragon pups are called hatchlings, About my body? Well I'm not sure either, maybe my scales haven't hardened all the way yet from being inside the egg, but they're definitively harder than the first day, I feel a few more days and they'll become fully solid'

'That would explain the way you speak... I helped raise pups before and they only wanted to play, or cry when they were hungry or thirsty, they never tried to communicate beyond that, or could.
I never heard of humans no, but you have been honest with me, I can tell, and that makes me very happy with you little hatchling!' She smiled widely and started to lick my face like a happy dog, I giggled and squirmed as her licks tickled my snout, I held her until her licks stopped, panting from laughing so hard.

'But to answer your question, black wolves live for about 80 to a hundred years, we are magical creatures and the magic prolongs our lifespans, and also empowers us physically, as for your skill at fishing, I'm impressed, a pup your age able to catch a fish as large as the one you shared with me... But its dangerous! maybe don't try to catch fish without me watching over you from now on, you may be swept up by the current and drown...' She looked at me with concern, her ears lowering.

'Oh don't worry about that, with you by my side I'm sure I will be safe, plus despite being so tiny, I can swim pretty well, I'm a much stronger swimmer than I was back as an adult human, and I can hold my breath far longer too, which means im pretty well adapted to water, look at my body, my paws and tail are perfect for swimming' I show her my paws and slowly move my tail for emphasis, she didn't seem to realize how long it was until now.

'I see... Say little one, I know you have a mind of an adult, but you're still very small and defenseless, what do you say about... Me being your guardian? You wouldn't have to live alone and sleep defenseless like I found you, I... Want a pup if my own to raise after helping raise other pups all this years, and you are just as adorable as them, I feel like you would be better behaved than most of them... Maybe, but now I want to protect you, even if that means I get in trouble.' Sylf looked at me hopefully, her words reassuring me, I had come clean with her and she still wanted to be there for me, and even adopt me, I knew I would have to behave if I were to be her son, but I was much safer and she give off a sense of kindness and honesty that I rarely saw in people, she was loyal and honest, I could tell she wanted to be a mother so badly, so I was happy to accept.

'Dear Sylf, I accept, from now on you will be my mom, and I will be your son' I smiled warmly and gave her snout a little friendly lick, which she returned in kind, with her much bigger canine tongue, which made me giggle and squirm as she seemed to enjoy tickling me.

'Your party has now been upgraded to family, meaning you both have immunity to being charmed into attacking each other, and have increased charisma when interacting together, making other beings more likely to show compassion and/or kindness, but your bond may also raise questions when confronted by black wolves or dragons. Your ability to grow in power is now shared with Sylf.'

I smiled at that, having advantages when together was a wonderful thing indeed, now I could hopefully explain to her how this all worked, and maybe we could both grow to become powerful enough to not fear any creature!

'Oh Onyx thank you thank you thank you! Finally I have a pup of my own, I will look after you and protect you, and play with you, and feed you, and... We will be the best pack! Is it... A pack if there's only two of us? It doesn't matter, you're my little one~'
She cooed with an excited and happy voice, talking softly to me as if I was a... What I am, a hatchling, a baby dragon, I smiled and enjoyed her happy mood, her emotions I started to feel them, maybe this family thing from the system had secret perks or features...

I giggled as she rolled on her back and started to roll around on the ground like an excited dog, her large body was majestic with the black color, her eyes were golden and beautiful too, and she was my big wolf mom, I moved next to her and started to roll on the ground too, enjoying the fluffynes and basking in the morning sun, I cuddled her and she nuzzled the top of my head.

'Thank you, I am happy to have a mom once again... But now it's time to get breakfast, do you have any more of that frozen fish? Now that I mention it, I'm pretty sure you pulled that fish out of your back, I mean, literally, I could swear I saw nothing and then suddenly a fish appeared behind you, how?' I looked away and tried to look innocent, I suppose I wasn't that good at tricking others after all.

'Well... This is something else important I have to tell you, you see... I have a magic power, that lets me store things in a pocket dimension, it's limited but the food there doesn't spoil, frozen food remains frozen, and cooked food remains warm, I think, I actually haven't tried that yet... Either way it's only able to hold 12kg now, maybe more if I become stronger, but I can take out anything out of that space instantly with my thoughts and make it appear on my claws, I can store anything in it too, at least something light enough to fit' She looks intrigued by my explanation, but she just nods, seemingly satisfied with the explanation.

'I don't know a whole lot about magic... But even I can tell that this is pretty impressive for such a small pup to be able to do, you can keep food well preserved and that alone is amazing! Sometimes our biggest problem is keeping our hunts from spoiling, spoiled meat while edible, tastes gross and can get us sick, I enjoy the frozen snacks you gave me, now we should definitively go get more food!'
She was right, I had only 2kg of fish left, which for such a large wolf as mom, was very little, she probably needed like 10kg a day for her large body.

We slowly got up, and ate our last pieces of fish from yesterday, each one of us ate a kg, I was honestly sated but she seemed still hungry.

'Stay here and I'll catch some fish and bring them to you, since you seem to know how to prepare them and store them' I nodded, and she took off towards the nearby river, I moved a bit closer and just watched as she walked into the strong current, seemingly it was nothing to such a big wolf, she just stood still until the fish were used to her and then using her snout, she dived in after a large fish, quickly grabbing it and pulling it out of the water, her bite was strong enough to crush it's scales and it bled out quickly in her jaws, I was lucky she was on my side... But I smiled at that, she threw the fish towards me, making it land at my feet and I quickly got to work, killing the fish and bleeding it out by the gills, cutting of its head with my claws and slicing it, meanwhile the threw another one, which I killed too and we repeated the process until there was a moderately large pile of fish, about 6 large fish butchered and sliced, stacked over rocks around the river, I was panting after all that, my body was getting hot from working under the strong midday sun, mom was sitting next to me, watching me with while her tail wagged excitedly, she was like an adorable giant black labrador, just... Way more cute and smart.

'I-i can't do this any longer, I can barely feel my forelegs and I never did this much work since I hatched!' She looked at me with concern and kindness, and simply moved closer and pulled me into a hug with a paw, letting me rest my tired body against her strong fluffy belly, her body was muscular under all that fur, i closed my eyes and sighed tiredly, but in relief.

'Take a break little one, you did amazing! I wouldn't have been able to do all this, but watching you work helped me learn, I don't think I could do this because my claws are not flexible like yours, and my legs don't bend that way like yours do... Sorry, I know it's a lot to ask for such a small pup...' she said with a sad voice, she seemed to be genuinely sad that she couldn't help prepare the fish, but I shook my head.

'Do not be sorry, I enjoy doing this, it's good practice, and I need to do work to get stronger, plus even if all this doesn't fit in my magic space, we can eat it together, or find a way for you to carry it somehow! Now I've rested enough, I'm gonna freeze them now,, behold mother, the power of a silver dragon!' I smiled smugly and stood up once again, a bit rested and regaining my confidence, I aimed at the stacked fish and charged my breath, a light blue glow coming from my maw as I opened and then a cone of frost shot forward, freezing the big pile after about 5 seconds of using my attack, I was left panting afterwards as my stamina was now depleted, mom held me up.

'Ohhhh!~ so beautiful and amazing! I'm proud of my little one, you'll become a powerful sorcerer one day!'

'Having prepared and frozen the rations for a week, by your team effort and your preservation method, you earn the skill Survival, one point in DEX and one point in WIS.' I smile widely at the happy at the news, having more dexterity would be very useful to use my claws more efficiently and precise.

'Thank you so much mom! I need to practice magic more, but now I need a break for real... Let me quickly... Grab what I can fit in storage and then lets have a nap together.' I said tiredly, even my mental voice sounded tired, mom picked up on it and handed me the fish one by one, which I promptly stored and once I was full, gestured for her to stop, she left them in a pile, I had about half of the fish a bit less, and my inventory was already full, as soon i was done I went back under the tree, laid down and started to nap, meanwhile the black wolf looked around for a way to store the remaining frozen fish.

An idea formed in her wolfish mind, what if she could tie the fish with some long grasses or flexible branches, it was not uncommon for her to make toys out of said items for the pups she helped raise to play with, usually they played together but rarely, she would be given a single pup to look over, and to help entertain them, she would make cord out of grass and play tug, of course she would let the little ones win, but with now she could make this and tie around the frozen food, and then maybe tie to herself?

Unknowingly, she earned 2 points into intelligence from this deduction, which it was not noticeable and she didn't have a notifications or a HUD, but Onyx instead was able to see this, even as he slept, he smiled a bit as he laid there sleeping, his dreams were happy and hopeful, things had taken a good turn and he was much safer now, he could relax.

Sylf had been slowly but surely making rope out of grass, it was crude as she has to use her maw and her paws weren't as flexible as his son, but she managed to make enough, if only she had such flexible paws as his little son... He really was an amazing creature, she wondered how her fellow wolves would react if they found out she had adopted a dragon hatchling as a son, well it didn't matter, she would protect him if they tried anything, she didn't know but soon she would have to protect him from something far worse than fellow wolves.