My dear little Dragounets and dragounettes, my little finger told me that it's getting worse for us! I know you're running away and I know Profion well. At this hour he has to pack his things in his office to take Mandrake's place. I rather like him for a human. It's a pity we're on opposing sides.

I'm going to be nice for once in my life! Fuchur has to grow up too, and he'll have to come ONLY to find his mommy. Nevertheless, you can help him by guiding him. You can use all the magic you want, but your physical presence will be forbidden.

Since Fuchur survived his wounds, the level won't be as hard as it is for you, my dear girls. Go to Mia's castle. The entrance only allows one small dragon to enter. The rest of you will stay in the hall and a globe will allow you to see.

So we flew to Mia's castle.

It was an old ruin built on the mountain with a network of caves and overlooking a glacier.

Everything was isolated and there was no village nearby. Everything was surrounded by forests and a river of glaciers flowed at the foot of the old tower.

We arrived in front of the tower and saw an entrance. The door was obviously smashed in.

I threw force and shield at Fuchur and we both kissed him. We cried for him.

I hope he makes it.

Fuchur walked down the steps cut into the rock.

Glowing globes lit up the passage. The temperature dropped rapidly and the underground soon became a complex of ice caverns and underground lakes.

One ice globe was brighter and stronger than the others.

Fuchur looked up and saw: Waterway or ice road.??? Water dragon or ice dragon????

Fuchur hesitated. He could swim very, very well, but like his mother, he had to come to the surface to breathe.

The water path was tempting and more reassuring, but the ice path, you had to climb up ice terraces and not fall over. It was slippery.

What to do

What choice

We watched helplessly and the manacom didn't work here.!

Then we would pray for it to take the ice road...

Then a light and a sound appeared in the globe...

There was Aqua, chained to an altar with a block of frozen blood above her head and the block above a funnel that led to a pipe connected to her neck.

Fuchur, remember Metanovae?? Your mama's here where Metanovae turned into Vampire.

But your mama's smart, she blows cold to keep the blood frozen, but she's exhausted. Wouldn't it be a shame to have a Vampire like Mommy? Wouldn't it, Fuchur?

Everything in Fuchur's head is going crazy, if the ice melts and Mummy has to cool down, it's hot. And it's cold down there. So we have to take the ice road going up!

So Fuchur took the steep path.

Some places were slippery and he had to dig his claws in so he wouldn't fall off.

He had to jump on a platform at the top and the crevice was too narrow for him to use up his wings completely, so he jumped after he gained momentum. Then a tiger came out of a crevasse. He was very hungry and two large canines were protruding. It was a saber-toothed tiger. A plague on young dragons.

The tiger, stalking was faster and bit Fuchur on the back of the neck. But his shield spell worked and the tiger slid on Fuchur's back.

Fuchur then blew ice and tapped the frozen tiger with his tail. He smashed his teeth and front paws, crystallized in Fuchur's ice. The tiger collapsed and died almost instantly. Then Fuchur arrived at a terrace and a big door with two hinges was waiting for him.

He pushed open the heavy doors and entered a corridor.

On either side of the corridor were cells.

They were all empty and could each hold one or two dragons that were already quite large.

In one of them there was a death rattle.

It was Auberone who was tied up and crying for release.

"Fuchur? Fuchur? Is that you? Is that you? Somebody help me! They abandoned me when Ignar came out and I was captured. Untie me!"

Auberone was crying and Fuchur untied her.

"Vermithraxa pushed me to fly away and left me in daddy's clutches. That's disgusting. "I'll leave you Fuchur, he's too small for me," she said as she fled. "And I'm going to settle down with Falkor. Goodbye."

Fuchuuuuur, how sad I am, how unhappy I am.! Do something about it! Reassure me!

Hug! Give me a hug! I'm sorry but I'm so unhappy that I need someone to hug me to prove that I'm loved, that I'm valuable to someone!

You're all I have left in this world!

Fuchur came closer and grabbed Auberone with his paws. Auberone hugged Fuchur and they rubbed their cheeks, neck and tail.

Then Auberone subtly slid her tail against Fuchur's tail, pressing on the stems and Fuchur felt weird, excited. Then, with her front paw she rubbed his lower belly, telling him to let it be and she licked it off his neck and went down along his chest and reached Fuchur's lower belly. A spark in her eyes, she thought of "devouring him and making him a real dragon."

Then Fuchur repulsed her and said to her, "You are not Auberone. You smell like meat! Auberone smells of spices, honey and fruit. You stink of death! Auberone grabbed Fuchur and said to him:

"Fuchur, my beautiful fuchur, I love you, don't abandon me! I love you!"

Fuchur said, "I love you, not you. It's Vermithraxa and Auberone. I'll make them my wives. Not you, and I won't let anyone else take them away from me! There is room in my heart only for them. At least they respect me! They're a bit of scoundrels on the edges but that's normal, they're red dragons and you can't blame them, they've got fire inside them!"

I was standing with Auberone in front of the globe and we fell on our asses when we heard Fuchur's confession that he had taken us by surprise.

"Auberone, hide that globe, we've never seen or heard it, okay? We were red as cherries and red at the base. "Our eyes were nothing but blue inside fuchur blue! We waited and prayed for him to pass that test!

And Fuchur, not waiting for the rest of him, ran out of the cell and before Auberone came out, he slammed the door and blew on the lock to freeze it.

Then Auberone lost her form and instead it was Leucaruth, the dwarf-slayer.

Fuchur: "I knew it was you! Now I want my mommy!"

Fuchur ran further up the stairs and saw his mother tied to the altar but Ignar was next to her, sitting in front of a globe and looking at Fuchur.

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Bravooo, bravooo for a pure dragon! At least one that's smart!

Fuchur: I'm going to get my mom back and I'm not afraid of you!

Fuchur ran to his mommy, froze the block of blood and froze the bonds and burst them. His mother was exhausted but alive.

Then Ignar stooped to Fuchur's level and said, "Fuchur, as father of Vermithraxa and Auberone, I give you my blessing for your marriage to them! Take your mother with you, you have earned it.

"And this vampire blood, where did you get it?" Fuchur asked Ignar.

"Oh, you can drink it, it's raspberry juice!"

"You're really crazy!"

"Oh, I think you're ready now. I'd have to prepare something more for Aqua but Morthales is dead and it's all going down the drain.

I think I'll give you a hand and join you!"

Fuchur: Stay away from us! You've hurt us enough as it is!"

Ignar: "The day after tomorrow, I'll be waiting for you at the Black Fortress. Don't try to attack me, there are other very strong dragons living with me. I want to talk to Vermithraxa about what happens next."

You don't have any more time and maybe tomorrow we'll all be dead!