Vertix followed me all the time. He would go from his falconer to the Indian Priestess or to my ranch or come to the academy to sneak around with the remains that Hissa kept for himself or with some of my hunts. But he had made a nest and mated with several Female Eagles on a summit that overlooked the portal cave.

Suddenly, a purple flash hit him and the eagles that were impregnated with his seed.

They screamed in pain and shivered together.

With lightning, their bodies began to grow and grow and when they woke up, Vertix was 4 meters high (top of his head) and his body had elongated.

The whole back was fluffy, full of hair and he had 4 legs! At the front, its claws and at the back, that of a giant lion.

Its tail was elongated and was that of a lion but with wings and feathers at the back. and a sharp point, like a stinger.

He looked at himself and his 3 female eagles.

They were transformed into Griffins!

Panic! Panic!

Vertix went to find his falconer and healer crying...followed by his 3 females in the same condition as him.

It was as if four dragons the size of an African elephant arrived. But in a little longer.

Vertix, although wild, kept his kindness and reason and put his females in a huge covered enclosure in a zoo. Vertix kept his freedom but had to go back to the zoo. As he was a self-aware being, he had to start following the formation of immigrants as for dragons. He had no choice: No more being an animal in the wild! We tolerated it because of its small size with the risks of poachers but now it was becoming a national treasure! In addition, the emblem of the USA and a living griffin!

The veterinarians found that the female griffin eagles had acquired the intelligence of Vertix and had to be educated to become free again.

A doctor arrived near Vertix to tell him he was going to be a father! The Griffins were all pregnant and carrying eggs!

The Indians celebrated a celebration in celebration of the great Manitou and to thank the heavens for the transformation of the Earth into a Fantastic world.

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Georgy was unconscious and blood was flowing behind his head. Probably a horsehair or a fracture, but he wasn't moving.

20 metres above him separated him from the plateau by which he had to descend and the base to be attacked was 50 metres below.

Anna went to pick up the ropes, making sure no one saw her and threw everything into a campfire where they were supposed to meet.

As the exercise dragged on, Sergeant Seba cancelled everything and ordered us to meet at the campfire.

He was starting to worry about Georgie.

It wasn't his habit to stroll around or disappear without warning.

Anna said they were supposed to meet at the foot of the cliff and there was nothing. No traces.

The students were ordered to search afterwards and the search continued until nightfall.

Everything had been checked. No trace of it.

We conclude that she had run away. She was very disturbed.....

Liza, the one who had put her head in the toilet bowl, got scared. She didn't dare talk to anyone.

In the morning, she remembered the discussion she had with Georgie:"

Georgie, I don't know who you are, but I was thought to be a crazy person at the police station when I filed my statement to file a complaint against you. Moreover, when I brought the teacher to show them the impact of your shot, the tiles were redone and I got a blame at school if I was still bothering the teachers. They called me a mythomaniac and the nurse wanted to give me a shot of painkillers but the other 2 girls who witnessed it don't remember anything about that day after being in the infirmary... You scare me, Georgie....."

Georgie replied at that moment: "Keep your distance from me. If you get involved, you will lose your life and if you know or know the slightest thing, they will eliminate you. It's already a miracle they didn't get rid of you. If you run away you'll arouse suspicion. Keep a low profile and don't talk to anyone anymore. Focus only on the subject taught and never go back or do anything unexpected. If you witness anything, you'll be eliminated...like the impact on the tile, we'll never find a trace of you."

Liza shed tears and followed the movement without saying anything, without taking any initiative... out of fear for her or her family.

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Suddenly, I look up and feel an immediate danger. A being enemy of the dragons??????

I felt a terrible pressure and Argentrix looked at me and suddenly, from the clouds, we saw a huge mass fall on me.

I heard IVAAAAAANNNNN as a dragonian......... coming from the monster that was coming at me.

it was Vertix's voice!

The humans all went into hiding.

I followed the movement and then pretended to fall and the other countinuers ran.

I was on the ground and the monster came and stood in front of me. He was crying:

"Ivan, Ivan, Ivan, look, it's me Vertix......... my girlfriends are locked up... I ran away..... Help......... And I'm going to be a dad....Look what happened to me. I took a huge size..."

I jumped around Vertix's neck.

I: "You are my best friend, Vertix, and you are a witness to my innocence. I can never thank you enough."

You are a beautiful griffin! Look at you in the river. You are an intelligent being and you can talk, earn a living and have a family! We are also your family."

"Thank you Ivan"

Shhht: "I'm Max here!" don't destroy my cover. No one here knows I'm the dragon...

Vertix:" Ah, sorry"

Me: "Look, go to the ranch and you're safe there. Or come to the base with me. We'll talk to Higgins. You listen to the gentleman and do exactly what he says. Don't forget that you're not getting old anymore and that you have all the time in the world for yourself.

Normally in the fantasy world, dragons are enemies of the Griffons but here you are my friend and other dragons will arrive one day. we will be your friends and family with your clan."

Vertix:" Thank you, my friend."

I stroked him and the others came to join us.

Me:" He's not dangerous, he's scared and he's coming for help... we'll take him back to the base"

Sergeant Seba, was scared and admired my courage.

Then he fell to the ground with his ass when he saw me climbing on Vertix and riding it like a flying horse.

His military eyes admired the incredible possibilities of having flying, intelligent, thought-provoking frames... A dream of icare.

Even with drones, helicopters and planes, a Griffon remained a magical creature much more efficient than any military aircraft. Just a radio and a little bit of equipment and it became a great military tool... no, an ultimate SOLDER....

His dream came true when he saw me ride Vertix. He went crazy and rushed to his jeep and drove towards the base: "Ivan, you let me talk to Higgins first... Okay?? all excited..."

We walked around the area and with our piercing eyes, we noticed an abnormal infrared signature on the wall.

A human lying on a rocky ledge, horizontally... 50 meters of waterfall...

We went to look closer and it was Georgie...

His legs were broken and his head was full of blood.

He still had infrared heat, so he was still alive.

I say, "Vertix, we have to save him, he's my friend!"

Vertix approached the rock face and grabbed with his front claws like a Georgy prey and was dropped below but he was dying.

We decided to go straight to the base and in between, I took a major care of him and saw that he was poisoned. I lifted the poison from him but the lost blood kept him unconscious but he lived without sequelae.

We arrived at the base and were received by a rifle hurdle but they lowered when they saw that I came down from Vertix and picked up Georgie:

"Help, he fell off the cliff. We picked it up.

Seba arrived a few minutes later, walked to the floor and rushed to Georgia... "To the hospital, quickly!"

He was read in an ambulance and congratulated me and Vertix!

Higgins arrived and was surprised to see Vertix here.

Seba shouted, "Commander, Max rode the Griffin and they saved My student."

Vertix went flat on his stomach in submission before Higgins.

"He walked a hundred paces... "Griffon, you were the talking eagle....right? "

Vertix:" Yes, Chief!"

Higgins: "You seem to like Ivan...."

Vertix: "Yes, sir"

Higgins:" MMMhhh... You talk and you're smart... You can count???Read????"

Vertix: "No, Chief....."

Higgins: "You can't go to school in your condition..... Well, you're going to work as a soldier here and you'll go to the zoo to join your girlfriends to get some basics."

Vertix: "I'm afraid to be in a cage like a bird????"

Higgins: "Hahaha, no, but now you have a choice: To be free and know the laws or to stay stupid behind bars. You're too old to stay in the wild without knowing the rules....

If you hit a plane and people die, what do I tell the families, we hit a canary?

And to feed you... farmers and soldiers and hunters will want your head...

There are rules and you're going to learn them.

In the meantime, you go to Ivan's dormitory, there's a little room for you between two dragons..."

Vertix: "Thank you, Chief!"

Higgins left us and I knew the way...

Vertix: "How have I been? Ivan??????"

Me: "All right... follow me... And I regained my dragon size and Vertix seemed very small next to me."

"This is the car wash. Since you have a lot of feathers, you always have to go in the direction of the brushes if you don't want to be without feathers.

I go in the truck truck truck and the wax makes my scales shine. and I love the feeling, it feels like a massage...

I was yelled at once because I had passed 4 times in a row... and I love high-pressure water jets...

In the canteen, I'm friends with the cook and I have mom who works there part-time. She prepares meals for the campus base and reserves the larger pieces for us and keeps the bones for me. There are even too many of them you will enjoy! Do as I say and when you graduate from here you'll be a military leader...

There is, however, one ABSOLUTE rule: NEVER raise your paw or beak against a human. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER. Even I can't do anything for you if they punish you, and that's harsh. They also have the death penalty. But for you it would be locked up for life in a cage or worse in a lab with crazy doctors who dream of knowing how it works under your skin..."

Vertix stuck to me like my shadow, terrified and I explained to him the life at the academy and the fact that we had to stay hidden from the students... Never see me as a dragon and even less as a human/dragon.

We went to my hangar, where I shared the place with planes and pilots and watched TV with them and Argentrix.

We often laughed together and I often had coffee and sometimes a little drink from the beer pump.

They often made BBQs and I brought them back prey that was roasted on a spit.

I was having a good time. They taught me everything about planes and combat techniques and we promised each other that one day we would do combat training in flight together but shhh...

What interested me most were enemy fighter aircraft, their capabilities, their weapons and techniques of escape, stall, decoys and how to escape the radars.

I was having fun imitating the noise of the engines and everyone was laughing...

Argentrix was also not to be outdone, but she stayed in the dormitory with the humans most of the time and I missed her. I was getting my dragon mana back faster and I had to "feed" them and it was tiring me terribly. I feared like the plague that other dragons would come through the portal. It would put us in danger... I was scared to death....

It was getting dark and I was like a human being going to the hospital to check on Georgy.