Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20160915163045/@comment-24674051-20160915170804

that is not a bad theory, as theories go. I do see a couple of things that don't add up.

1. Timeframe - Granted, we don't know the exact gestation period for Dragons (or were-dragons, or whatever Maleficent really is), but David slaying the Dragon happened before he met Snow. So that is probably at least 2 years prior to the Dark Curse. Lily was hatched within the final weeks leading up to the Dark Curse. There is the Black Alpine Salamander that has a gestation period of 2-3 years, so it would out of the question, but generally, most animals seem to be under 18 months for gestation.

2. Maleficent marked her territory to lay her egg in peace. and that type of behavior actually seems befitting a gravid female from a lot of different species. Which would place a high liklihood that the dragon that David defeated was actually a female, and one that may have been preparing to lay an egg. Not a male. Again, we don't have Belle available, and the books discussing Dragon behavior are very rare.

Applying Occam's Razor, the most likely explanation is that the Dragon that David defeated was simply some random dragon terrorizing the surrounding countryside.