So, intro cutscene for the game, the big bad zaps all the Dragons in the world and turns them into crystal statues. You play as a child dragon, you hid behind one of the adults and didn't get zapped.

It's never really explained why, cuz magic, but when you touch a dragon statue, it frees them. There's a short cutscene for each dragon, they are voice acted, they give little nuggets of wisdom, or just random rambles, but each dragon statue cutscene is different. After the cutscene, there is a crystal pad left behind with a fairy on it. Stand on the pad and you can talk to the fairy, the fairy lets you replay that cutscene or save the game.