The port of New York was full of activity and smelled like fish.

The smell smelled so bad that it was impossible to follow a trace, even of pheromones.

I wandered aimlessly through the docks and decided to wait until nightfall to act. I jumped into the stinking water as a dragon and my black color didn't attract attention. I was thus criss-crossing the port where hundreds of cargo ships were moored.

Being an electric dragon, I could feel the flow of electricity and thus I could determine which cargo ships had intense activity at night.

A large cargo ship, Manitoba, was emitting incredible radio waves, it was not normal.

I decided to approach underwater and I was listening with a boiled wire.

Japanese!????? Chinese????

By concentrating a little, there were the 2 languages and Russian

A ship under Irish flag but in the service of the Empire...

Suspicious

Then I heard growls and lashes

"You're going to talk, you dirty beast! CLAK

How did you get here? You're supposed to be in overseas!

Who are your contacts HERE?

GROWL I am alone!

ARRRRGHHHHHHH

INCREASE THE VOLTAGE!

AAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (draconian)

Me: "Shit, they got it, they have a dragon????? how did they do it?"

I have to be careful.

"Chief, I spot an important mana signature near the boat."

"SALOPE, here you are ---AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG- You didn't come alone? All right, we'll bring him in your assistant..."

"No, I acted alone--aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhh"

"Put out an alert!"

I recognized the voice of MAille

The whole cargo lit up and people ran all over the cargo and spotlights swept the surface of the water and the dock against which MANITOBA was stowed.

I was like a crocodile on the bottom of the water in the mud under the boat.

They had found a way to detect my presence. My Mana......

How would he have made a detector... unless... Yes, I smelled artificial mana...

If they had succeeded in artificially producing mana, they developed a mana detector...

grrrrrr.

It's a hard blow for me... and our safety....I took it as a threat to the dragons but Tania, being a dragon, even tiny, (what I thought) I had to save her...

But I felt like a burning mana force field. A kind of microwave wall made of mana that prevented any leakage.

Clever and clever.

But the first rule of a special agent is not to take initiatives alone... I am a soldier and I have to trust my chain of command.

So I decided to sink into darkness and reappear further afield.

"Hello, HOLIDAY? This is 009, has spotted 007, he is being held in a suspect cargo ship, the MANITOBA.

Strange activities are happening on the boat, it looks like an artificial mana field.

Confirmed Empire membership. They're trying to lure me by torturing 007.

I await your instructions,"

TONTON:

"You did the right thing. Good work.

We're sending backup and an intervention group. Stay under observation and let us know if there are any new activities."

"Roger"

Higgins was thinking, "He's working well with the new kid..."

Meanwhile, in the White House....

President K: "Mrs Argentrix???? you seem really young for this job. Aren't your security colleagues too hard on you?

Mr. President, in case you don't know, I'm a dragon!"

President K: "AH! I thought it was a myth but when I see you lifting objects that 3 or 4 men would be necessary, my doubts are lifted.

Then bodyguards enter uninvited and say:

Mr. Speaker, please come with us!

Argentrix had her eyes closed and cast a spell of force between the president and the guards and she was against the surprised president.

STAY AGAINST ME, we are under attack! These men are no longer themselves.

The president began to shake his head and then Argentrix began to whistle and sing and the president was relieved.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?"

Argentrix: "Let's run for cover, there's a psychic attack. They're taking control of your guards and they just tried to take control of you!

The guards took out their weapons and they started shooting and didn't care if the president was in the way.

They didn't understand why the balls bounced off an invisible wall.

Argentrix: casting : CHARM!

The guards lowered their weapons and waited.

Argentrix: "What are your orders?"

"WE MUST CAPTURE THE PRESIDENT AND IMPLANT A PSYCH REMOTE CONTROL FOR HIM TO OBEY THE EMPIRE"

Argentrix: "Who gives you the orders?"

"THE GENERAL MAILLE in charge of the imminent invasion of the United States!"

President:" Who is MAILLE"

"THE NINTH TAIL!"

Then they strangled, in conflict between magic and Psy's hold on them....

Argentrix: "I'm going to extend my shield all over the White House and find out who's under the influence of who's not... Stay with me!"

Several staff members were handcuffed and confused when the psych attack ended, on their own, with the perpetrators seeing the failure on their own, thus moving on to plan B.

The general alert was issued and the President ordered that a dragon be requisitioned at each sensitive point in the presidential chain of command.

It was serious.

In the absence of a dragon, the magi and those who had a magical affinity, coming from overseas, were also requisitioned.

They were told that they were not prisoners and that they could keep in touch with their families but were censored about the position and their surroundings.

The president realized how precious dragons were and how important it was to protect them.

The portal was ordered to bring in all the available dragons that had sided with America in other parts of the world (due to the last orders of Sinistrar, their Ex-Emperor.)

Intense activity at the portal was taking place at the moment. Dozens, even hundreds of dragons arrived at the gate and were welcomed not as immigrants but as saviors, heroes.

They were fed and retaped as best they could.

The fallen golden dragons found themselves here, hoping to rebuild their lives and rebuild their reputation.

They were then given heavy responsibilities to protect important political figures.

When they saw the civilization very advanced their contempt for humans evaporated, replaced by admiration...

After all, they were the animals.

Moreover, they were confronted with the human elite, full of diplomas and full of knowledge due to a rich and followed education.

In comparison, the golden dragons seemed foolish and uncultured, knowing only their rules and traditions and some notions of primary management of a heritage and land to be exploited...

In general, their knowledge did not go beyond the nursery school compared to academics. The gene, the shame...

But they knew how to bounce back and take advantage of this opportunity to fill their lack of knowledge.

they were promised instruction and a remedial program.

The honour was thus saved.

The worst thing for these proud and intelligent people was to pretend to be idiots, or even intelligent animals or beasts.

the tanks and helicopters quickly arrived around the MANITOBA But Psy waves attacked them.

Quick Shield Launch and I started singing

The marines arrived and entered the ship

many shots were fired.

I reduced my size but I stayed in a dragon and entered the cargo ship.

Armoured areas were blocking access to some areas and I saw that it was a command centre designed to control the president and that we had ruined all the plans.

The door melted and I arrived in a cold room.

What a horror!

Full of human corpses, all MI6 agents suspended by a hook to be plugged by the jaw and hung from a rail leading to a chopper.

A wave of sadness overtook me when I saw my friend Georgie hanging from a hook above the chopper. Their flesh was going to be mixed with pork to be sold as hamburgers...Asian...

I unhooked my friend and he was frozen... Maybe a sign of life?

I put my efforts against to detect a slight sign but we had arrived too late...

Big tears were flowing

Then I went to open the other cold rooms and I saw Tania, skewered by the jaw and suspended in the same way. chains in the back...

She was still alive.

and I unhooked her.

A runic net was shot in my back.

but I dodged at the last moment. Falling backwards with tania, weak but alive

"Tania, it's me Ivan, I'm here to save you..."

she looked at me kindly and licked me, unable to speak.

"HAHAHAHAHA," shouted MAILLE with 2 fans whose edges are equipped with sharp blades.

A soldier burst into the room and one of the fans flew like a butterfly with life and cut off his head.

MAILLE changed her features and big eyebrows appeared and she was seen in her true form of horror. A demon, a Japanese witch straight out of a horror movie.

KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH!

Your adventure ends here!

You, Ivan the dragon, I knew you would come here! And in other countries, there are specialized hunters to destroy pests like you.

You are considered as pests and rightly so. They have wonderful weapons there in your world.

Me: "Witch, stop yapping... My world is here because I was born here!"

MAILLE :" it doesn't change anything. So you're going to enter the myth and one day we'll wonder if you existed or not... HAHHAHAHAHA KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH!"

She sent me the fans that passed through the wall of force.

CLAWS OF DARKNESS!

CLING

CLANG

Magic Missile

The missile was absorbed by its mouth, which opened excessively, swallowing all the magic.

Tania, weakly" my magic has been of no use..."

MAIL:" In case you want to try, I'm insensitive to physical attacks. Make yourself a dragon and maybe I'll say maybe I'll spare you with Tania if you let us take control of the president..."

Leaves of illusion appeared and took the appearance of fans.

Automatically they cut other soldiers coming to burst into the section of the boat where we were.

The blade she was holding stretched a large sword with red puppets and runes written on it. It looked like a Kung fu sword.

She was a Kung Fu specialist.

I had to keep her away. I didn't have a chance, though, I remember the fight at the gate.

I called upon the power of blood and synchronized myself with Ténébrion for his knowledge of martial arts.

But this time she was a champion at another level. A master of more than 2000 years in martial arts.

I had no chance to ward off. Her techniques were perfect.

I had no choice but to use my powers as Demon Lord.

LET THERE BE DARKNESS! The boat was suddenly swallowed up in the darkness and no light could pierce several meters away and everything seemed to be made of shadows. The brightest lighting reduced to a candle light.

The men were terrified.

MAILLE WAS SURPRISED.

Oh, you're a demon then! You hid your game well! Swing the entire ship over into your evil field,

Me: "HERE are my rules..."

KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH! we'll see in front of my blade.

I said, "Dark shield!"

A sphere of pure darkness enveloped me and at the right time.

KLANG!

Its blade, which was supposed to behead me, bounced off the shield, which seemed to be effective.

GRRRRRRRRRRRR

Tail bang. And she jumped, walking on the ceiling, ignoring gravity

"FREE WALK"

And she began to walk on the air like on a floor.

Her infernal tail was rolling behind her.

YES that's her weak spot, her tail...!!!

Magic missile!

KLANG

She cut it with her blade that undulated and passed under my chin, cutting some black dragon hairs from me.

Tania straightened up, weak, but she picked up some potions she had kept in her briefcase. This invigorated her.

An explosion of strength and health made her injuries look like a bad memory.

Me: "Be careful Tania, she's very strong. And she killed Georgy. He's frozen and hung in the room, I did everything I could to save him but he was already gone..."

A rage of fire invades Tania.

Me: "His tail is her weak point!"

Launch Speed Speed on me!

MAILLE: "So you compensate your inexperience with speed, not bad. KAH KAH KAH KAH KAH"

Breathe out of the darkness but this time I aimed for the shadow and pointed my claws into its shadow and MAIL stopped!

"What?? How?"

Me: "I am a dragon of shadow and lightning. When I attack the shadows, the body suffers the damage. That's what's horrible about our species and why we're so hated!

I struck lightning on her shadow and MAILLE screamed of pain!

Tania then bit the tail and tore it off from MAILLE which screamed and disappeared in a shower of Japanese cherry petals.

I restored the normal shade field and Tania jumped on me and kissed me with her dragon tongue.

EH EH,, TANIA, I'm married now.........

Much of the cargo ship collapsed as a result of the magic of illusion and began to sink.

Tania nevertheless managed to find an eye interface to remotely control individuals. and obtained proof that the British Prime Minister was under the Empire's control.

Everything indicated that the Empire and the United States were heading towards a world conflict in the days or weeks to come.

But we underestimated the Empire's capabilities. The false American culture led them to believe that they would be number 1 forever and I received a call from Higgins congratulating me but I had to return urgently, something had happened to my wife.

Tania and I took off and flew to the nearest military base and were transported in 2 F16s as co-pilots.

In Anchorage, the president was waiting for us with Argentrix.

We were congratulated and so was Argentrix.

We were awarded medals as well as to Tania who was still an officer and for helping the nation as MI6.

MI6 was absorbed by the CIA, Mother also being rescued on the cargo ship.

Argentrix also received her medal for saving the president from the attack at the White House.

And the president told us that it would not stop there and that reprisals would follow.

The dragons were all recruited as protectors against this type of new attack that only they were able to detect and fight against.

Then Hissa came smiling, a little lizard in her arms:

"Ivan, meet your little brother! Tristan! An Argonian name meaning Hope, new life... or Future..."

He had his mother's split yellow eyes and was moving in his white cloth. It had the features of lizard men but not yet horns or scaly tips and nails looked like those of newborns. A small tail protruded and he was very pale. pink, like a newborn.

He was playing with my finger that ends up in a lollipop.

I laughed and was proud of him.

Then we were called to the ranch.

Auronne, her eggs were hatching.

We all went to the ranch and the president came with it. It wasn't every day that we could see the birth of dragons.

When we arrived, the press was allowed to film the event: the birth of dragons for the first time on earth.

I left my in-laws near the nest, I stood behind my wife who was going to have little brothers and sisters.

Fertility being higher, apparently on earth.

I immediately detected the extreme concentration of mana emanating from eggs in the hatching phase. They are earthly... and bound to the earth. Phew! The world has integrated them.

The earth slowly but surely becomes again this magical world that has disappeared.

A cracking and then a crash!

A huge lizard came out of the egg, and by instinct, began to run like a fool around the other eggs to touch the plexiglass wall that protected the eggs.

He was panicking!

Acknowledging the smell of his mother, the baby dragon calmed down and squeezed his little paws against his mother's front paws.

His breathing calmed down and he took care to look with curiosity at what was around him, then in a reflex, he went to hide under Auronne's wing and put the cotton wool on a huge ball several meters long.

The little one was all silvery grey, thin and bright. It must have been a boy. His tail was immensely long.

Then, same scenario. But a green one! A green one?

Then came a golden one, but calmer, shy and very shy but without panicking. A girl? No, a boy!

It had to be put under a bright light to determine sex.

Then one last exit, all white, almost translucent. An albino?"

Auronne, looked at me disappointed.

Me: "Albinos is not a disease! They are very beautiful and very popular.!"

this word of encouragement brought joy to Auronne who cuddled her little one who was very, very affectionate.

Me "Do they have names?"

Auronne: "It is a tradition that it is the ancestors who name them after a few days according to the character trait and we are lucky to have Sinistrar among us!

Sinistrar took the little ones between his legs and said"

I never thought I'd see my grandchildren again, let alone my great-great-grandchildren. They are beautiful Auronne. You have my blessing.

In addition, you gave birth to a little girl who is a true copy of my Grandmother Viejlaxtra!

Its wings will turn red. Be careful here it's not jade green, but diamond - Ruby. This material is crystal and is more precious than gold!

A national holiday was declared and the President of the United States was photographed with the children in his arms. My little brother was also famous and taken in the arms of the President. He was also the first Earthman of Argonaut origin. His world was HERE too!..

At the party, the discussion was about what to call them, if they hadn't made mistakes about sex and the next litter... Then also the school. Would they go to school normally?

All these questions were not answered but we drowned in alcohol, Mead, favorite of the dragons and a final fireworks display and a gigantic fire where the Indians danced and made the drums tremble.

Totem poles were erected and the happy event was broadcast live around the world.

Everyone was thinking, "When do we get our dragons...?"

And children watching TV all over the world asked their mom or dad. "Mom, do you think I could have a dragon too?"

"Darling, dragons are not for sale, they are beings who think like us but nothing prevents you from one day being friends with one of them".

"Mom, do you think we can marry a dragon?"

"Honey, I don't know, but why not??? But there aren't many in the world..."

But what she didn't know was that dozens of dragons and dragons had crossed the portal at the president's request. The kid would finally get his chance one day, who knows? Hybrids also exist.

Then, on TV, a journalist pointed at a special being, a small dragon walking like an Argonian, but winged and with a long neck. Dressed in a loincloth and a top.

"Hello!" said the diary, but the creature did not understand English. Hissa came to translate and explain:

"It's Hishtar, a hybrid half human, half dragon... Her father was a dragon but died and she protected her mother from the dragons who considered her a Taboo child.

She waved to the journalists."

It was a shock...... So dragons were compatible with humans...........

The kid watched on TV: "MOTHER MOTHER, look how beautiful she is! I want to go to the same school as her! .......

There are such things as love at first sight.......