Birch

Birch is FluentInMusic's OC and her sona's sister. She is a LeafWing-SkyWing hybrid. Please do not edit this page without her permission!
Birch is Goose's sister, however they look very different from each other. Birch also has grown up with special needs, so she stands out even more than other dragons. Over the course of her life, she has had 8 surgeries.
== Appearance ==
Birch is much smaller than most dragons her age, standing nearly a head shorter than her friends. She has a round, soft face. Her build and scale pattern resembles that of a SkyWing, but her colouring, leaf shaped wings and her tail tip are signs of a LeafWing heritage. Her horns are curled, which is common in dragons that share the same syndrome as her. She has scars on her back thighs, back talons, stomach, back and sides from her surgeries. Her wings are smaller than normal. 
Her body is greenish gray and her scales on her back are different shades of green. The scales on her face and underbelly area pale yellow-green. Her horns and spikes, along with the claw on her back legs are leaf green. Her claws on her talons and wings are more yellow and the leaf on her tail is a gradient from yellow to green. Her wings fade from leaf green to a darker lime green. She has dark stripes that run down her neck and back all the way to her tail. Her eyes are brown, which are similar to her sister's.
=== Accessories ===
- Birch wears a blue bracelet on her left arm
- She also wears blue rings on her horns
== Personality ==
Birch, like her sister, is an extrovert. She is extremely social with other dragons and has a rather large friend group. Not only does she enjoy hanging out with her own friends, but also Goose's, sometimes asking multiple times a day if Goose has plans with friends and if she can join. She is also very dedicated and persistent, often trying to do things that other dragons do that are difficult to do. 
Birch struggles with properly expressing emotion as well as many other things, as she will often be unable to find the words she needs to express herself. This will often make her frustrated. She can be short tempered, often letting her anger getting the better of her. She's also extremely anxious and her fears can lead to paranoia and asking the same questions multiple times during the day.
She is very empathetic, and will often cry if she sees another dragon crying, even if she doesn't know why they're sad.
== Abilities ==
Birch has the ability to breathe fire, however she can only do so when she is angry or upset. Her flying is a bit wobbly, as if she does not know how to carry herself in the air, and flying for long periods of time can cause her immense pain. She does not have any Leafspeak abilities
== History ==
Birch was born as the second dragonet to her parents, and a younger sister to Goose. She was hatched in a medical centre since her egg had complications. Once hatched, doctors knew that something was odd, since she looked drastically different from other hatchlings, and throughout her first year of life she went through several tests. When she was a year old, she received a diagnosis that she had a rare syndrome, which explained all her health complications.
As she grew older, her doctors told Canary and Poplar that Birch would not be able to do many things such as eat, walk or fly, and she was put on a machine to help her eat until she was nearly two years old. She was given braces and has had surgery on her talons and wings in order to help her fly. She managed to defy doctors at two years old by successfully doing all of these things, even if she cannot fly for long periods of time.
== Trivia ==
* Birch is based off of FluentInMusic's real life sister, who has this syndrome.
== References/Gallery ==
BirchRef2020.png|Birch's ref
Siblings.png|Birch and her sister Goose, by me
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