Posing as a decoy to fool the enemy raiders, Puk is almost killed in an ambush. Managing to survive mostly by sheer luck, the young man stumbles on a nest of dragon eggs in a cave. So begins his adventures accompanied by Zip, a small snap dragon that guards the eggs. Fighting back against the enemy raiders, Puk is helped by Zip's magical abilities which include taking him almost anywhere in the blink of an eye. Seeing the devastation of the war firsthand and feeling the loss of his last remaining relative. Puk joins in trying to stop the invasion by taking the fight to the enemy's own kingdom. Joined in his effort by a wily old fox of a dwarf. The two troublemakers wreck havoc on the kingdom, giving its warlike king a taste of his own medicine.