introduction: Mark is a small, shy boy who is fed up with life. Every day is the same thing: go to school, get bullied, go home, be miserable, and wake up the next day. It doesn''''t help that Mark despises the colour of his scales. he wishes his muddy brown scales could be more like his mom''''s. A shining amethyst. However, one day, when Mark''''s scales start falling off, revealing amethyst ones underneath, he is scared. What''''s happening to him? Why is this happening? Will he be the same afterwards?