thanks to jellicle-in-the-box for finding this paint color!

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The night was calm as fireflies began to glow. In his hut, Hagrid sat watching the flames in his fireplace, waiting for the tea kettle to whistle.

He watched the flames- red, blue, orange. But more than flames, he watched the large black egg. Roughly the size of a man's head, the egg sparkled in the fire's heat. Inside, a tiny dragnet lay slumbering, growing inside the shell. Inside, lay a baby, a wisp of the creature who would one day grow up to breathe fire.

Hagrid, so focused on the egg's beauty, failed to hear the tea kettle whistle.