keep writing you have the skeleton for a good story here

Maren is Quint's prince charming, isn't he? come on, spit it out.

You did a real good job with this chapter, other than the cottage. does Maren really live in the villace/ town/city? or was that just by accident?

The sudden gap in the plot was HUGE, especially without working up to it. Some authors usually try tie up a couple things in the plot line to make the gap in it more natural, but even 12 years is hard to beat down with that method.

Excellent transition, for the twelve year gap. And thankfully Quint is just as cool grown up as she was a little kid, less adorable but more mature. She seems like a little bit of a tomboy, but without being annoying about it.(I've grown weary of that cliche lately, and I'm exceedingly glad Quint doesn't suffer from it) The action was done pretty well actually. How big is Aden though? I had trouble picturing him fighting the centaur because I wasn't sure.Can Aden breathe fire? I forget..it's been awhile and I'm lazy. Only thing I can nit pick, when you're describing the food he's packing, be more creative! Don't just say fruits and vegetables, name it. Apples, Carrots, Peaches, Broccoli, whatever! And bleh! Who drinks water? Try like lemonade. Alrighty, I'm done nit picking. ;x Good job, and don't take another two months to update again!

I've been looking for a story that has any sort of dragons in it that aren't either
A.stupid
B.vicious
or
C.love gold too much for their own good,
and I think I've, for lack of a better term, struck gold.
I don't think there's anything wrong with grammer or the plot, this story is very well written.

This is really cute! I love it. Definately creative, a bit of a shrek spin-off as you said. Quint is adorable. It's not 'boring' but it does start to drag a tiny bit toward the end, with Aden's monologues about his former jobs. While it's a wonderful way to inform us what he's been up to and flesh out Dragon Guardians, try and make is a little more succint, or just trim out bits that aren't strictally necessary. Good job, definately keep writing!
~ The Queen of Squirrels ~

This sounds like the beginning of a great story. I only had one nitpicky complaint (below), but other than that, wow. Good stuff. Lots and lots of points for putting your character map to good use, as well ("Resume" looks like a verb to me. "Résumé" is hard to mistake.)
Whine: The A/N inserted in the middle of a paragraph. I'd rather see a footnote; as it stands it rather detracts from the flow of the story.

Very nice, amusing, etc. I'll keep up with it so that I can say something more interesting than that... =)