pEleven-year-old Hayden Jones always wanted a pet. Too bad Mom doesnt think hes responsible enough. Sure, hed messed up that one time he brought home a stray cat. Hed given it milk, and how did it repay him? By shredding Moms curtains. But hes eleven now and would do anything to change Moms mind./ppWhile doing the responsible thing of returning the neighbors pet, Hayden notices a weird glow coming from their barn. Sneaking inside, he finds a mysterious contraption holding a strange spotted egg. The machine begins to bubble and gulp, and then crackling electricity fills the air. Unsure of what else to do he snatches the egg before everything explodes./ppNot ready to abandon the twitching egg, Hayden sneaks home armed with the perfect plan: hatch the egg, raise his new pet in secret, and prove to Mom he can do this./ppBut when it hatches a dragon, his itchy adventure begins. Hayden had never seen a dragon before. Where did it come from? How did this one end up in that crazy machine? And why was Hayden suddenly covered in big purple bumps?/p