Last night, in the tower, I had a terrible nightmare. I saw myself stinging Fuchur, a child dragon, and I saw him jumping with pain, moaning and finally collapsing on himself, struck down by my venom.

It was rare for a red dragon to have venom but it must have come from my grandparents, a recessive gene, probably a quarter dragon of darkness or poison or ice.

I also had an icy breath, unthinkable for a red dragon but it wasn't that that bothered me, it was the adrenaline rush, the raging anger, that increased my strength tenfold.

Like a HULK.

I could still feel the intoxication of anger and the pleasure of power it brought and the metallic taste of fire in my mouth. It was as if it was another me, inside me. a repressed me, a me I'm ashamed of.

And I can't forgive myself for taking a kid hostage. I blame myself, I blame myself, and it's not me!

I don't recognize myself. I don't recognize myself anymore.

Then I sobbed and didn't go back to sleep. In fact, I fainted with grief, shame and fear of myself and the judgment of others.

What if I committed the irreparable????

It's true that I fixed the mess, but there's another problem: the villagers are terrified.

A dragon with its cub that was raised by the locals is fine. Especially since they are in the water and don't bother anyone but 2 more dragons, that's 4 dragons for a small village.

People will run away, that's for sure and even if we are nice, there are accidents.

HEADACHE

Argh, I've got the helm. Even in another life, I still have that P.T.In!

Never mind, sleepy morning.

"VERMITHRAXA, VERMI," I was shaken! Huh?

"Yes, it's me Fuchur, I'm begging you, stay with us! We beg your pardon! Mommy wants to talk to you!"

I threw a shield at myself and I came out of the tower.

Aqua was in the square and looked at me and I came down to be within earshot and didn't get too close to the water dragon.

I was scared to death, scared of the dragon, scared of being mean and that was certainly the counter-blow to yesterday's violence.

The water dragon lowered her head and lay down on the ground with her wings folded, as if to ease the tension. :

"Vermithraxa, I'm sorry, I acted too impulsively and I thought you had hurt my son. I thank you for healing me and I was wrong about you.

I acted out of reflex and I forgot my reason and yesterday's madness, I'm ashamed of it."

"Me too, Aqua," and I went down the stairs from the old tower to the village square.

"I bowed my head and Auberone did the same."

"Aqua, it's all my fault. I thought Fuchur was older and I fell for him because he's such a beautiful dragon! And I paralyzed him so he wouldn't run away.

He got scared and I'm asking for your forgiveness for the damage I've done to you. I had released him but the damage was done, he panicked, especially since we were two crazy girls in need of affection and you reacted like any mother.

Yes, red dragons are bullies and I admit it. I'm sorry for the pain inflicted by the breath cutting spell, we didn't know that it turned the wounds we only thought it stopped the breath.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

She hugged us and cried, "I'm sorry I was so violent, you would be perfect wives for my Fuchur. How I wish he could stay and play with you!"

"Madame Aqua, we can't stay. Look, these people who love you, don't ruin it! This village is your family, cherish it... We're fugitives. We didn't do anything wrong.

But our father did! And is responsible for the King's wrath over the dragons! Besides, I'm afraid of myself. I was very angry with Valiant and I don't recognize myself anymore!

And I threatened poor Fuchur. "

TEARS

GROANS

"I threatened him, how could I do that!"

"I'm sorry, Aqua, I'm sorry, Fuchur!"

Auberone: "I'm sorry, but my sister's upset and she needs to pull herself together. She's terrified and I think she loves Fuchur so much she can't even look at herself. Give her some time, we're going a little further north, to the upper lake. Come visit us and we'll play together, eh? Fuchur?? Ehhh, don't cry kid, we're not dead. Come on, my cuddly toy! And Auberone gave a tender hug to console Fuchur who was so sad to see his friends leave. Come in a month, until we settle down and get to know the surroundings a little. We'll prepare games and culinary specialties and have a party. Okay.?"

Aqua reassured Fuchur, all lost and thinking he'd never see us again.

It was better that way, to reassure the villagers and hunters and avoid disrupting life in the area.

Also for Aqua to warn other dragons she may know that we are not bloodthirsty enemies.

We said goodbye to Vaillant and flew to Lake Superior.

FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP.

Never before had my wings felt so heavy and I was flying with my head down, so I could look down and see if Fuchur or Aqua were following us. But no, they weren't.

Aqua still had to rest and make up for all the lost blood.

I realized that combining magic with the strength of a dragon made us S to S+ class monsters, basically we could become a calamity.

We could stand up to adult dragons! It was intoxicating as well as scary and I was afraid of getting lost.

We followed a group of wild geese in a V-shape and for fun we joined the group until one of them warned the others and they dispersed in panic.

We laughed and forgot the past events and both of us started singing the sun. But deep down we thought of Fuchur, tall and adult, more mature and muscular, who shares our nest and then he shout Mommy! and his image gets twisted and I start laughing alone like a crazy person.

"Are you all right, Vermi?" asked Aube, suddenly worried.

"Don't tell me that..."

"Yes, I am!"

HAHAHAHAHA!