《I, the last black dragon, 6 year old. (TOME 1 of the TIAMAT'S WARS SERIE)》In your Claws, my Belle!
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Chirp, chirp pitchirp!
The birds were singing and the blue macaws were making me thumbs up like that, that I have a beautiful one between my legs and that I did well!
His head resting on my neck, impossible to move...
Finally, I gently lifted her head up and put back a pile of pillows to keep her asleep.
"Mhhhhh, Ivan, where are you going?" Holding my tail between his claws...
I: "Make breakfast! Make fruit juice!"
I took a big basket and turned into a kid and picked up a lot of fruit. All the broken trees.
Rhooo! What a carnage!
But black dragons have an innate ability to repair and grow plants, especially on brambles! Excellent defense.
I thus cast the spell of reparation and what was still alive regained its form. I pulled out the dead plants and made a pile to dry and store wood.
I came back and came out of the pottery with cups and a large jar for Argentrix.
I made ice cubes, mango juice and lemons and pineapples, which I cut into slices. A few greasy leaves and lemon clover, mint and some cured meats.
Mom kissed me and hugged me and said. I found you, my Ivan. It was a shock, but I'm proud of you for saving us and the children and our little goddess.
Did you make bread?
Yes, but you have to start the oven!
Here! I infused some mana as I had learned with Zanzar the madman.
And the oven went on.
Soon, the smell of fresh bread invaded the lair and woke up the most hardened.
Argentrix found me as a human.
"Hey, I know how to transform myself too!"
And a pretty 8-9 year old girl with silvery blond hair threw herself against my back, and squeezed my hips while I helped Mom prepare the table for 9 people.
My citrus press and pottery were great.
Hissa: "Are we going back to the village?"
I said, "No way! We must find the traitors! And save the children delivered! "
Argentrix started crying....
No, it's not your fault! We can't act alone. We need adults!
Imagine if they put necklaces on us. I got one too, and it's terrible. Besides, I'd like to see your family. I dream of seeing golden dragons! The only dragon I've seen except you is Jörmungand, a monster!
"Dad will kill you on sight!" said Argentrix sadly to me
"Besides, you've committed crimes, haven't you?"
"I'll take the risk. I want to help you clear your conscience and you, too. I also regret what I did! I haven't thought about these poor people who died of my madness for a minute. But I'm so eager to explore the world with you!"
"Great! But his anger could be terrible," she said.
"Yes, it is! It's normal!"
"What do you want to do later?"
"Potter...
.......
"Ahahahaha! You make me laugh!"
Me: "But I also do mechanics! Look at my invention! A glider has a reaction!"
"Huh? What's that?"
"Yes, we fly without killing ourselves! We spit in the pot and it pushes. We can fly six times faster. I crossed the great sea in two hours!"
"What!"???????
"It would be a great introductory gift for your daddy...
You're a cheeky man, Ivan!"
"What the hell is your dream, Ivan?"
"You!.,
Everything in you!
And that you cuddle me, tickle me and scratch my scales, play with me and my brothers and sisters. "
Argentrix" I love you even more. You seek neither conquest nor glory."
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Me: "That's right! I want to be happy with my family, I don't need anything else! And you're already my family."
Mom: "Let's eat!"
Argentrix is used for fruit juices, cooked cereals, honey and bread.
"I'm sorry, but there are no eggs, coffee or milk. Cows die of fear!
The chickens break..."
"Hahahahahaha!
I can imagine you lifting chickens without killing them, Hahahahaha!" Argentrix mocked.
The meal went smoothly, my new friend clinging to me, I asked my brothers and sisters: Do you want to do some magic?"
Yes, they shouted with joy!
"So since everything's broken in front of us, we're going to replant! You'll imagine what you want here!"
The children threw themselves on fruit trees, weeping willows, olive trees and magnolias and also a small wood of golden birch, a clearing and sweet herbs.
Everyone went to plant the trees. Argentrix too.
Then I started growing plants and suddenly the forest grew and everything became magical. Beautiful, sublime and silent. The moisture absorbed by the birches...
A little corner of paradise for lovebirds like us.
Argentrix began to make layout plans for us as a dragon, as a child and for our family, and the one big hall for mom and dad and my grandparents!
Hey, but here for the eggs and the children..."
"Uh, yes, Argentrix, we're 8 years old... "
"Hahahahaha, I know, but I plan to stay with you! "She answered me.
Meanwhile in the village...
"Lord Krull, we searched the whole mine and they're in the jungle!" said one of the soldiers.
"We saw the big money man heading for the jungle! Witnesses heard screams and saw all the birds fly away and a huge cloud of dust rose from an area."
Krull: "Send some scouts to see if anything happened to the big money.
( The orcs would attack immediately... if the great silver one revolted... or died)
also send scouts to the Orc camp"
To the cave:
"Breakfast was great, Ivan.
It puts me in a good mood. I wish I'd never leave this place."
Me: "The last one in the lake is a chicken! "
We rushed into the river lake and the water was really clear and good. We could see the fish underneath us. But we moved away from the others, where it is deeper. We took back our dragon shape and swam on our backs together. We held each other by the paw and looked at the clouds and the sky.
Then Argentrix put her neck on my belly like a pillow and she laughed: "What is that? By pointing at my loincloth!
"You look ridiculous with that! Hahahahahaha!"
And with a scratch, she took off my "panties"
Say, Ivan, we're not human! Dragooooons. We're-dragooons!
When you moult, it's the skin that comes, right? But the scales remain! So we're not naked! Don't you want to be the laughingstock of dragons? No?"
Yes, you're right! But I'm afraid something you know might "come out" when I think of you!
Argentrix swung over and took the cup laughing!
"Mouahahaha! If that happens to you, I'll help you.... Hahahahaha Hahahahahaha."
We did after a water battle using our mouth as a water gun.
Me: "Are you coming hunting with me? It's boring all by itself!"
Argentrix: "With pleasure!"
We brought some honey and went to help ourselves. Pork and salmon and humans started a vegetable garden that I grew. We had onions, poreaux and juicy vegetables.
Hissa prepared lunch and dinner for the evening, a vegetable gratin with wild boar cubes, all helped by the terracotta pots.
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At 3pm we ate a great meal, Argentrix his hand not letting go of mine.
With every passing moment, my love for Argentrix grew to such an extent that I would die for her.
"Ivan? Why are you crying?"
"Because I'm so afraid of losing you, I'd die!"
She hugged me and we gave each other the spoonful.
Mom smiles and so do all the others.
They were happy and honoured to eat with their beloved goddess.
We smoked and salted the salmon. And for a moment I was soothed and proud of my body.
We went to bed under the stars and we were on our backs, one next to the other, and she asked me how I had beaten her.
"You lost before you even started! My characteristics were distorted when you used Equity, you lowered your characteristics for my size and health points which were much higher and my magic much higher too.
And I'm a magician, or at least an apprentice. And I hid my breath. My body is a primary aberration. That is, my mother is Bahamut himself and has been dismembered to create this world. My egg saw everything but it took thousands of years to hatch and then I, Ivan, am the new owner of this body. Ténébrion is overseas now and he has rebuilt his body. I'm technically an original and he's a clone, but it's the other way around. And what he learns, I learn.
Do you understand...?
Zzzzzzzzzzz
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
"Sweet dreams, my love. And I covered it with my wing and We spent the night, surrounded by fireflies and the singing of loving frogs and from time to time by owls who were courting each other.
In the distance, we could see the reflection of the fires in the village. But there were many of them... Torches?,
Shit. I decided not to spoil this moment of tenderness.
I had my female dragon and nothing else mattered but her. I licked her with a little lick on her horns and fell asleep with my treasure in my paws.
Zzzzzzzzzzz
The sun had risen and it smelled like morning mist.
The sun was rocking us and a good smell of toast was floating up to our nostrils and suddenly a shadow cut the sun and then the sun came back.
My eyes were still in the pillow and I kissed my strap on the cheek and she put her paw on my neck to bring my head closer to hers and she sucked a horn on me.
"Ivan, I love you."
"Me too, my little silver spoon!"
Then the sun was cut off by something. A big shadow.
"Hmm!!!!!"
Argentrix: "Mom?"
A gigantic dragon half gold half silver sat in front of us, intertwined in the grass next to the cave, the humans prostrate on their knees with their heads down.
She didn't seem happy, but then she wasn't happy at all!
I sat up and by reflex I knelt down in front of her, in "Dogeza" with my head planted in the ground, brave wings flat on the front, tail bent underneath, between my hind legs and I didn't dare say anything!
She looked at me in disdain, her anger diminishing a notch in front of my submissive posture!
Then she turned her head towards Argentrix and slapped her with a slap that made a "PAN" so strong that the birds flew away.
Argentrix: "You're coming home! You're gonna see what you're gonna see! Your father will kill you!
Then she turned to me:
"YOU!, never come near my daughter again and if I learn that she has lost her virtue, My husband and I will be happy to hunt you down and eliminate you as we have done for all your kind."
"Excuse me, Madam Dragon! But if you give me just one second, I have to show you some very important evidence."
Auronne: "Be careful what you do! You're not the first or the last black dragon I'll kill. I haven't killed you yet ONLY because my daughter seems to love you."
Me, still in Dogeza: "Please, Argentrix will show her the Orc necklace!"
"Madam, I wanted to visit you before you! We even prepared a room for you!
You are a beautiful dragon and I understand why your daughter is so beautiful!
Auronne blushes a little, appreciating the flattery, but not budging!
Argentrix: "Mom, please don't kill him! He saved me from the submission necklace. He saved my life and I love him very much! Without him I would have died or still be a slave of the Horde.
Well, look at this! It's that necklace with a lot of spikes in it.
The Orcs, it was because of them that I couldn't get in! They captured me, whipped me and subdued me with horrible spells!
They forced me to deliver children to the necromancer and Ivan saved them in the cave! They were at the orphanage with Ivan who was adopted by Hissa who you see there, prostrate. Their Mother and my priestess. She defended, against me but with the help of Ivan the children.
2 other adults joined Ivan to help us survive here. The men of the village must be looking for us to turn us over to the Orcs.
I'm sorry, Mom, but with the necklace I couldn't do anything but obey! I'd like to make up for my mistakes and Ivan would also like to make up for them."
Auronne grabbed her daughter and hugged her!
"Sweetie, I'm glad you didn't choose the path of the shadows, I was so scared, especially when I saw you in the arms of a dark dragon!
My heart had jumped and I was ready to slaughter and tear this dragon to pieces but it looks pretty nice as far as I can see. But I also feel in him a terror, deep wounds and nameless abysses that frighten me so much!"
Auronne:" Ivan, that's your name but your appearance reminds me of someone else...
All right, but show yourself in your human form. Any lies will be pierced.
I'm half silver and half gold but I have 100% of the powers of both! So be careful not to lie!"
I took back my human form as an 8-year-old kid.
Auronne: "Ah!!! You're just a child???????? But your dragon body is adult or almost adult!"
Me: "Excuse me, ma'am, by resuming my position of submission"
Auronne: "You can get up! I won't hurt you! I won't hurt you!
For us, gold and silver dragons, children are sacred! You'll be under our protection and I take back what I told you! Thank you for saving my daughter and the other children!
What I have just learned is extremely serious! "
I: "I have many powers but we need adults for these problems! It's too complicated for us and we don't think like you! We're afraid of getting caught.
We know how to make a strategy, a plan, but if things go wrong we'll be caught off guard! I beg you, Madam Golden Dragon, help us"
Auronne: "We sent our daughter in our place to do the job of placing orphans in families who asked us but she did her job perfectly but it was not expected that she would be put in danger by Orcs! And you, Ivan, have a heavy conscience, don't you?
Even if you've done irreparable things, it doesn't mean you can't redeem yourself. You will always have the dead on your conscience but for that you will have to forgive yourself!"
She turned into a beautiful lady dressed in a priestess dress and with long golden hair. Her very long ears made her look like a high elf.
She was ageless and the only sentence that came out of my mind was, "How beautiful you are, Madame Auronne."
She went to sit at our table and Mommy went to serve her our dishes made with gratinated vegetables, honey and fruit in compote. They did not dare to serve him meat for fear of offending him.
Fresh bread was also served.
"I also eat meat, but in small quantities. I look like an elf but I'm not an elf!"
Then the gratin with bacon, pork and salmon was presented to him.
Auronne:" Ivan, is that what you eat or what you like to eat?"
Me: "Yes, I love Mom's cooking. She tells me what to find and we bring her back.
She saw that I was eating with cutlery and she did the same."
Auronne: "We can judge people by what they eat and how they eat.
So I could see that you are not a savage and that you have a lot of sensitivity. Also, your vegetables come from a vegetable garden that you have grown.
You use your gifts for what they were originally intended for! You use magic to build, repair and invent and make the world a better place. You are a real dragon! Not one of those Dene monsters I'm used to meeting.
Your meal was simple and very good. I thank you for it.
But you're not ready to meet my parents yet. You'd meet their fury! But I can help you find the right path.
Show me your creations and if you still have things to confess, now is the time. I promise I won't hurt you if you tell me everything!"
Argenrtrix stood behind me as a little girl and hugged me in his arms, begging his mother with his eyes!
Auronne: "I don't know what you did to my daughter, but she seems to really care about you! Be careful never to disappoint her!"
I then showed my pottery creations and plans to make bubble hot tubs, tagines, toys and more toys, and bug cages, tea and coffee sets, citrus presses, garlic graters, oven dishes.
A mana stone oven, a fridge and as I didn't have a mechanical workshop but I had the plans in mind, I showed him my jet glider, some anti-magic weapons, a model of a flying bomb, my gun/rifle, but also pots with sorted spices and pots with mechanical plants, creams, balms and a construction stand of a still and a glass oven."
Auronne: "Impressive! And everything is clean! You have a lot of knowledge for your age! And what you haven't finished is why?
Me:" Windows and stained glass! There are no windows in this world and it's sad not to have lights in the house. Also I have to make a still to make alcohols and beers. I have many ideas and I would like to offer your husband some of my creations to make his wrath go down."
She ruffled my hair and went to sit in an armchair I had made.
"Mm. Comfortable!"
She used fruit juice and was surprised to have ice cubes in it!
"I see you have a soft tooth! And you put a note of sugar cane juice with the juices. Mmmh, it's very good, I should think about it...
But I'm sure you still have something to tell me..."
I was embarrassed but Argentrix came to my rescue.
"Mom, stop it, it's uncomfortable! I'll tell you instead and she whispered and laughed in her mother's ear.
She turned and looked towards the beach (we were at the entrance of the cave, a huge semi-open vault) and she saw the loincloth.
Without showing excess mood, charm and a style of steel, she let go of a little smile that she barely masked with her hand.
Then she frowned with eyes when she looked at my shadow and I made myself very small.
His gaze then was like, "Wait, don't move, pray before I tear your head off!"
Then she imitated me by pinching her nose and showing a cabbage in the kitchen and finally flapping her arms like wings while doing a finger of honour.
I heard a hiccup! Then she took a towel to hide her face and I saw her back startle with a grin... Then she unconsciously hit her knee then looked at me with red eyes and turned her face around again and got up to go get some fresh air.
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