Natasha

Natasha is a young dragon who has been active as a superhero since she was 1. In private life she is the guarddragon at Lucky Finds.

Description
Natasha is a baby dragon, a bit over a foot long not counting the tail, and about two and a half feet counting it. Her wings are separate limbs from her four legs, and her wingspan is about three feet, though folded the wings are a similar length to her torso.

Natasha's body is covered in tiny scales, mostly of a metallic dark orange colour, though with highlights of brighter oranges and gold, especially on her crested head. The membranes of her wings are an orangish yellow.

Natasha is generally alert and curious, moving her head in sudden jerky movements to follow whatever has her interest.

Origin
The dread dragons, Draco vorax, were all but wiped out by the joint efforts of the magical races centuries ago, but some survived. Among these was a subspecies, known to some as Draco vorax mirus, to others the noble or wondrous dragons, highly intelligent and capable of using the magic they devoured in spellcasting – and thus also not suffering from excessively magical environments like their less gifted kin.

Natasha is one such dragon, hatched on a parallel, more magical Earth, and raised by Amy McLaughlin, the hero Curiosa (then Lady Luck). She had been Amy's "pet" for over a year when she swallowed the magic coin that gave Amy her powers. Digesting and absorbing the magic as only a dragon can, Natasha grew in power years faster than she otherwise would – but Amy's powers were greatly reduced, and now operate only at a passive level.

Powers
Natasha may be tiny, but she's still a dragon, with an extremely tough scaly hide, teeth that can cut into almost anything, flight-capable wings, a long prehensile tail, and a resistance to various magics as well as other things, such as extreme temperatures and the ravages of time. She's brilliant, with perfect recall - and so knowledgeable well beyond her age.

Her senses are superhumanly sharp. Her eyes and ears have more range than a human's, and she can actually smell magic. As a manavore, she can also consume the magic, disrupting spells.

To top it all off, she has the traditional draconic fiery breath - which she can alter magically to an attack using water or stone or many other things. She'll soon learn other ways to use her magic, too.

Personality
Natasha is still very young – young enough to be very playful. But she's also learned kindheartedness from Amy, to the point even of trying not to hurt the birds she chases, whatever her instincts might say. In fact, unusually for a dragon, she's strongly opposed to killing, and has even picked up a heroic mindset.

She is extremely fond and protective of Amy.

All that said, she's still a dragon. She's greedy and likes to hoard treasure, and she tends to think of humans as somewhat inferior, if amusing, creatures.

Relations
Natasha's relationship to Amy is a complicated one: she sees Amy as a mother, a friend and someone who needs looking after.

She gets on well with many other heroes too, and is particularly fond of Amelia. She is friends with Chen too, whom she first met as a cat.

Natasha is very popular in Chinatown.

History
Natasha hatched on another Earth, that home to la Sorcière Blanche of les Champions du Quebec. A villainous sorcerer there intended to raise her an harness her magic, but instead she was rescued and raised by les Champions and Lady Luck.

As the latter's "pet", she came to Colonial Bay with her and has been her companion ever since. She has increasingly also acted as "guarddragon" at Lucky Finds.

Now she's swallowed the magic coin, things have changed – now Amy is more her pet. Or that's how Natasha sees it, anyway. She also feels that she owes it to Amy to become a "superhero", now Amy's not really up to the job. Anyway, Amy's not the only silly human who needs looking after!