We arrived in a valley full of brown birch trees. It looks like autumn but it was the colour of the foliage.

Rocks and high hills lined the valley and Falkor turned dry between two rocks leading to a gorge and crevices and caverns lay side by side in a tangle of rocks and caves.

Then he rushed into one of them and was followed to the entrance.

The entrance was deliberately difficult to access, difficult to hold the passage and confusing.

And finally invisible from the outside and with lots of passages to escape. and crevices to take refuge in, especially if you're small.

"LESSON Number Two!

A lair must be difficult to access, hard to attack and hard or impossible to find if you don't know the way.

A lair must lose you, even and especially for dragons...

and there must be a den that can be evacuated and a little one can hide in it!"

"This is my lair to me and to MetaNovae. "You will find a lair somewhere else, but in the same corner.

You must not, on your way out, reveal where you sleep.

You mustn't betray the other lairs.

If you are attacked and another is attacked because of you, you are responsible and we will be your enemy.

You don't leave your lair the same way you came in.

Every day you have to take a different route in and out.

That's basic rule number two of the dragons."

"Rule number 3:

Today you meet my wife, my female. We say female, wife, but never female. It's men who say that and it's insulting.

Saying female or male to a dragon is insulting and can lead to a fight, beating or even a duel."

"Rule number four:

We are not animals. We are thinking beings and superior to humans. Humans are inferior because they are mortal

We are immortal. We can die, but not of old age."

"Rule number five:

Dragons owe the dragons respect. It is so. "Even though the dragon is tiny and the dragon is huge...

"A dragon that does not submit means that it can challenge the dragon to a duel as an equal. In case of defeat, the victorious dragon has every right to dispose of the defeated one, whether it is a slaying or a mating or a deal to be witnessed.

A female dragon that submits to a dragon cannot be violated without her consent or killed. The dragon may become the object of a death hunt.

It is forbidden for a dragon to eat another dragon. No reason is valid. Cannibalism is forbidden. Often it's red dragons and poisonous scorpion dragons that break the rules and are hunted."

"It is forbidden for a dragon to mate with a juvenile...

It is forbidden for a dragon to slay/eat dragon eggs and dragonlets.

All youngsters are entitled to their chance, even if the parents are scum."

"Rule number six: I am the law here! You breathe when I say you may, and there's no arguing."

"Rule number seven: I don't give warnings. I bite first, then we explain later!"

You understand me? You understand me?

All right, good. Good. Good.

I'd like you to meet my wife."

MetaNovae was at the bottom of the den. From her emanated grace, power and wisdom.

She was black with flashy blue-edged wings, and you could see through her wings.

A beautiful dragon.

We flattened before her and a murderous aura crushed us all.

"Rise and name yourself!"

"What have you brought me now, Falkor? Concubines? More concubines?"

"No, they are passing through and I must teach them the way of the dragon because they are orphans and were raised by humans.

They know strictly NOTHING of our customs and traditions, let alone our culture. This one had a Fuchur child who is a human with scales and this one raised as a knight.

The other two are human troubadours with human knowledge of magic and forging.

They don't know NOTHING. Even the base of the base.

The two red ones are the little survivors of the red madman and have only seen their mother for 2 days."

The big dragon was about 30 meters long and was extremely scary and beautiful at the same time.

She closed her eyes and said: "Shhh, not a word!"

"You, you are Fuchur, the knightly dragon who considers Valiant as your father."

"You're Aqua, the mother of Fuchur and Valiant is your little brother."

"You are Auberone, red dragon and daughter of John the blacksmith, for you no longer consider your father Ignar the fool."

"You're GRRR. You're from another world. You're a visitor but your cycle is here now. You were human and you're a dragon. You are Vermithraxa, daughter of John and sister of Auberone.

You have suffered much but you have been happy with the humans. You are gentle, kind creatures. But you hide immense power, especially you Vermithraxa.

Be careful not to get lost. Madness lurks and it has consumed Ignar and you see what has become of him."

"Come under my wings, you never had the happiness of being brooded. I cannot be your mother but I can become your grandmother!"

And MetaNovae opened her gigantic wings and we went to take refuge under her wings and we shared our body warmth and something in me sprouted, a feeling of power and well-being that I've never known, a feeling of carefree, protective, and happiness that we've all been deprived of, except for Fuchur with his mother.

Fuchur was under Aqua under MetaNovae and We, the two sisters, on the other side and Falkor next door who was watching over us and we all fell asleep together.

It was our first day as real dragons.

The next day we woke up and Falkor told us it was time to build the bonds.

We live as a tribe and all tribe members must cherish each other and express their love for each other. We love simply and out of envy and when there is no jealousy or feeling of betrayal we may have a harem and we may have concubines but the main wife has the last word and it is she who chooses her concubine.

Concubinage has existed since the dawn of time and helps to save young orphans. Love is always equal and a dragon mother will never make a difference between the children.

Humans have also been raised by dragons but this has almost always ended sadly simply because of the time scale and the fragility of humans next to a mountain of scales.

"For example Aqua which I like,(Falkor speaking), I could only mate with HER consent and Metanovae's consent. You, Vermithraxa, who is interested in the subject, I think you are still too small. You risk serious injury or even not being able to give birth. Mating is something intimate and sometimes very violent. Our bodies, built like fortresses, are less sensitive to interactions and so we have to amplify them, which seems incredibly violent but pleasure comes at this price."

But let's get back to the links. We also exchange magical energy and we are by nature magical beings. We have to cuddle in the morning between tribe members and release our sadness and resentment that way. It's an intimate moment in our tribe,and the loving dragons all do it.

then he leaned back against his dragon and it licked his neck and behind his ears and they kissed and whispered.

"Come here Vermithraxa, you were interested, don't be afraid and let it happen."

I was extremely frightened and I lay down on Falkor's lap and Metanovae sniffed my neck and ear and massaged my shoulders and neck.

Falkor asked Auberone to come against me and Aqua to come too.

"Aqua, you massage your Son and relax."

"Vermithraxa, you massage your sister and I'll massage your neck."

we let it happen and I found the dragon's movements finally very gentle. then his tongue came to slip between the crests of my neck and finally close to my ears.

He nibbled my skull a little and told me to relax and tell the whole truth.

then he went to Auberone and it was Metanovae who massaged my back and tail. Then she said to me. "I knew everything. You have to take two dragons back to the hunters, don't you?"

"Yes. But it will never be you...."

"Ssssss", (licks behind the ear), "Aaaahhhh " I blush with pleasure, and she kept massaging me and she says: "Why not? " "Maybe we've already eaten some..." " We might have eaten some... "

"Ahhh, stop it, it's too intense, there!" and Metanovae tightened her embrace. "Nonn, you're too nice to do shhHAh!"

They let us go and we were shaking with fear.

Falkor: "Let me make one thing clear: I do not eat humans, but I will kill anyone who dares threaten my family! I know how to be good, but I know how to be ruthless."