I was at my commander's desk, on the main deck, in my dragon form. I took up all the space while there were humans in their seats on either side of me.

I watched the Artemis escort and the fake terraformer Marenostra following us. A magical barrier hiding the Artemis' sensor ship from Artemis' sensors.

Everything was going well, and the crew was soon preparing for cryonics so they wouldn't lose years of life for nothing on the journey.

If the Artemis didn't do something now, it wouldn't do anything for the next five years.

A long time passed, and then I thought about where we are now... I didn't realize it yet, but... I was married! with the legendary Quetzalcoatl and two concubines Razorback and Volcano.

Now that I was looking at the screen and the stress of the departure had subsided, I lay down in front of the desk and looked at my messages and concentrated via our dragon network... Strange, nobody was talking to me... I was being shunned.

My sister hadn't spoken to me for several days already.

So I left the bridge and went to see the other dragons in the greenhouse by the trees.

Volcano and Quetza were talking and Razorback was teaching him. Razor avoided speaking or provoking Volcano, not having forgotten the flat-headed insult.

So I lay between them and rubbed myself against Quetza's soft feathers: "Hug!"

He approached his mouth and his breath smelling of honey and dried fruit came in contact with mine and we kissed. Then it was Razor's turn, who had a more metallic taste, and then Volcano. He was very muscular, he held me down and I felt all the muscular strength he had and especially that he was taller than the other two. I was all red but I didn't want to go any further now because the stress a little bit raised, I was able to put my thoughts one behind the other.

A door slam was heard behind me and I thought I heard crying.

Fuchur!

Fuchur had seen us.

"Dearly beloved, help me... I, I, I, it's too hard, I can't, I can't handle..."

Volcano: You are our princess, our queen....

Me: "No, no, I'm your friend, we're all in this together... I can't take on this role..."

Razor: "You're a titan... it's only fair we follow you..."

But, but I never wanted to take on that role.

Quetza: "Whatever you decide, we'll follow you! If you're not our queen, you're our woman to be cherished."

"Thank you, Quetza, thank you, Razor, thank you, Volcano."

We headed to the other section of the greenhouse, where Fuchur, Aqua, and Falcor were found, but also other dragons like Goldur, Zmei, and Darkia. But no sign of Auberonne.

I opened the airlock, and Falcor was in the way.

Falkor: "What are you doing in OUR section?"

Me: "Since when is this YOUR section? Everybody can go where they want, can't they?"

Falkor: "As if you would let me go to the command post?"

"I'M THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND I'M THE LEADER HERE!"

Falkor: "You're like a sassy little dragon who broke Fuchur's heart."

"A few months ago, you were giving another speech and you wouldn't have bothered to rape me in front of your butterfly dragon!"

GRRRRR: "Watch your mouth, you insolent girl! You and your sister are the same!"

"You were happy to get Aqua, weren't you?"

Aqua: "You're unfair! Fuchur loved you and wanted to marry you!"

I turn to Fuchur, crying under his mother's wing.

"Fuchur, I respect your feelings, but you loved Auberonne, didn't you?"

Fuchur: "You betrayed me!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA! But look at you, my little rascal. How old are you?

You're a grown-up dragon, but since you're human in the head, you're not gonna wait till you're 18 to couple up if you can separate from your beloved mommy.

You've still got your head under her wing!

Fuchur: "Mommy??? say something...Mommy????"

Aqua: "We're all traumatized and uprooted from our land and every one of us is hurt in some way... Forgive Fuchur..."

Me: "Look, Fuchur, I love you more like a little brother than a husband. I need support and help. I don't show it to anyone, but I'm exhausted and scared all the time.

We're in the void with only 1cm of scrap metal separating us from infinite space.

A cruiser is watching us and could destroy us... Our other friends are slaves and we are employees, but so are we. And if that's not enough, I have a hunch that a great misfortune awaits us... My mom! And I get paranoid... I can't stand being hated... I don't deserve this..". and I started crying.

Fuchur: "But you betrayed me, and the others too!"

Me: "Betrayed? Who did I betray?"

Goldur: "Me for example! I told everyone we'd be together!"

Me: "But you're sick! Who told you to say such a thing?"

Goldur: "I've always loved you...I've always wanted you as my wife and you go on a mission for a few days and you come back as an Aztec bride... You didn't give me any chance to declare my love for you. Fuchur too, you didn't give him a chance."

Me: "And you, you idiot, never noticed that Auberone has her eye on you? What about you, Fuchur? What if Auberone was pregnant with you?"

Aqua looked at Fuchur... "Fuchur, do you have...Auberone????"

Fuchur looked at the ground... "Yes, mom, but then it was Vermi's turn."

Aqua, arghh, now I understand why Auberone was so angry with you... "Then she slapped Fuchur. You idiot, go find her before she does something stupid.

Fuchur ran away in search of Auberonne and I felt a twinge in my heart to see him go. Part of me loved Fuchur and still wanted him, but now I had a new family to take care of.

Then Fuchur going around the ship looked out a window and saw Auberonne become human thanks to Isabelle. But he recognized, through his sense of fear, that Isabelle was Metanovae as human.

She turned her head towards him and he was taken by spasms and unable to resist her gaze.

"Come, my good man, Auntie has a lot to teach you!" And she returned to her blood-dragon appearance, Fuchur in terror! He fainted.