15 years later...

"Get back here with that bag, and i MIGHT not melt off your facial features!" screeched a village dragon after a different dragon that happened to be holding a duffel bag of stolen goods. All the village dragon could see of the thief was her winging away, red wings glinting in the morning sun.
Later, that same thief landed near a building with a metal door. It wouldn't open.
"Scythe, you know its me, open up!" she commanded.
"You could be a spy! How do I know you are not just posing as Precious?" came an answer from inside.
She sighed. "Ok. Who else looks like a jewel, knows dragons live here, and is carrying a bag of stolen goods?!" Precious banged on the door again.
"Oh! Uh... This never happened!" Scythe said, clearly in a panic.
"Thanks!" Precious greeted. She was shifting through the bag, then exclaimed, "Hey! I didn't know they had emeralds!"
Precious and Scythe were walking in companionable silence through the long, torchlit halls. They came to a room, and Precious was thinking deeply, when a dragon in the shadows greeted,
Precious! You're back! I see you got us a pretty penny!"
"Hello, father..." Precious said sadly. Jest continued.
This should last us a month or two!" then he noticed Precious with her head low. "Hey." he said softly, "Perk up. You should be happy."
"I want to leave! I want to go into the dragon world, see beyond these metal doors!" Precious exploded. Then, more softly, she added, "Please, father. I want to see my kind. Just from the ways you and Scythe look I can tell we are not blood relative. I love you both, I really do." She noticed tears were welling up.
Jest sighed. No! I don't want to! Don't do it! His brain screamed. His brain told him one thing, but his heart said another.
"Precious," he finally said. He put his hand on her shoulder, "You are 15 years old, about to be 16. You are a growing dragon. Yes, you may." The last part was hard, but he couldn't help being happy.
"Thank you! Thankyouthankyou THANK YOU!!!! I love you, Scythe! Goodbye! I love you, dad! Bye!" Precious said happily. She then flew out the door, into the wild reaches of dragon society.