Daddy??? "You were a lizard??? I don't understand."

The little one stepped back when I took a step. Then seeing that this would lead nowhere, I went to sit at the nearest table.

Sarah and Bello sat down next to me.

"Louise," Sarah said.

She began to cry.

"Don't cry, honey," Sarah said. You still have your mom and dad who love you. But you should know that everything has changed here.

It's 5050. "

Louise: I don't understand... I remember angels took me and Arnold in a saucer and we met a lot of people who didn't talk to us and we couldn't move from a blue ring. There were other kids like me crying for their mommies and daddies... then a huge man came and ice appeared and we closed our eyes one after the other and I was scared, I was the last one and he was smiling evilly."

Sarah: "Honey... You slept 3000 years..." and everything burned down here. Dad and Mom burned too but they put themselves in a tube with water and dragon blood...They boiled but the dragon blood protected them and...now Dad is human but dragon too.

Mommy is also human and dragon but she is in a lot of pain to become human again and hold you in her arms....

Louis: "It's not fair!!! I'm afraid of dragons... They have big teeth and big claws..."

Sarah: "If daddy didn't have big teeth and big claws, the bad guy with the horned helmet would have left you in an ice cube forever!!!"

Louis: "Is that true?? daddy???"

I smile at my little one.

"Yes, I had to bite the bad guy really hard to free you... but it was hard... it took me years to build the space ship and get you from the bad guy..."

She jumped out of her chair...and grabbed my arm..

"You won't show big teeth to either moin or Arnold? "

"I promise, honey...I'll never growl at you..."

And she jumped on my neck...

"I want mommy but I'm afraid of the white monster... he's going to crush me, right?"

I looked at Sarah, looking for support...

"No... the white dragon will never hurt you... It's your mommy who grew up and her skin is white... She also fought against evil balls full of teeth and she heals all wounds.. She blows snow and ice cream... and she is an expert in ice cream..."

Louise: "But I'm afraid...she's very big, has big teeth and she protects the 3 raptors... "

Me: "Raptors?? yes, there is a white one and a red one and a pink one. The pink one is the meanest of them all...I saw it tear my brother's arm and belly... Daddy...I'm scared...they are mean..."

I stroked my daughter as I always did, thoughtful.... And Sarah was smiling.

I didn't have to bombard her with promises and questions.

Getting her to accept me that I was a dragon too was a victory in itself.

"There are Kobolds who would like to play with you!"

"I'm scared dad... they look like the 3 monsters... only smaller... and they have claws! "

"They will never hurt you... you are a queen to them.. You can ask them anything... even to kneel or crawl... they will!!!"

Sarah: "Hans... you can stay here for a few days with us... until everything calms down".

Then, accepting the chancellor's proposal, I went to the guest room.

Louise was put to bed and I did the same but in an inflatable bed.

Normally, I didn't need to sleep but I wanted to be in the arms of the beautiful Darkia.

Then Louise and I found ourselves in A'Anateth.

She was holding my hand and I didn't need a cane.

"Are you coming?... we're going to take a tour of the eternal flea market... there are lots of toys for sale!"

Louise was delighted.

Then, behind us, a young blond girl with long hair arrived... "Hans!!!

I turned around and smiled. "I turned around smiling. "My beautiful one!

Louise: "Who is she?

"My queen!"

And I kissed the girl.

Louise: "And mom??? why are you kissing another girl?

Darkia lowered herself to Louise's level: "I love Kate very much and Hans is also my husband! And I will also be your second mother!

Louise: "???? Daddy???? why???"

Darkia "Come Louise... you have so many things to discover and here I am a magician!"

And Darkia made 3 ice cream cones appear!

"Here... Louise!"

"Oh strawberry!!!"

Then Darkia showed her finger and approached the ear and withdrew her hand.

And Louise had beautiful earrings..

"Oh.. thank you... Darkia... but that's a dragon name too???"

"Louise, you have your whole life to discover many secrets!"

"But you're human!!!"

Darkia: "It doesn't matter what you look like, it's the heart that counts... Your daddy is a very handsome dragon, but a very handsome man too.

Louise: "But I don't like dragons..."

Darkia raised her eyes and met mine.

Darkia took Louise in her arms.

"Say, Queen Darkia... you are not going to eat me???? And if you have eggs with daddy... they will attack me?? huh???"

Darkia let fall a tear.

The beautiful dream turned into a nightmare.

"Hans... I'm going back to the forgotten fortress..."

Louise saw Darakia disappear like a wink...

"Where did she go? Where is the forgotten fortress?"

"Oh, look, duck fishing! "

"Yay! Can I? Can I?"

Then Arnold came to join us...

"DADDY!!!" look!! I'm out!!!

But I could see a gaping wound... but that was just my dream expressing my fears...

Then I saw creations of the little one... and my parents sailing on a lake... they were waving to us... and I answered from a distance.

"Louise, look, it's grandma and grandpa! they're sailing!"

"Dad?? we're going to find them???" said Arnold...

"The wind is blowing away but we can signal them! Look, they have seen us and tell us they are fine and happy..."

I wanted to cry. But everything could change in an instant into a terrible nightmare.

Darkia was watching and I prayed to her... "Thank you Darkia... You have a really good heart..."

We continued but in the distance I could see Kate with the 3 dragonets who were also traumatized.

They were participating in a bullfight where they had to tear apart an Auroch and then devour it...

"What savagery I thought ....

Then Kate spoke to me from afar in my head.

"I am lost, Hans..."

I reassured her. "They will calm down when they are exhausted..."

Kate: "I don't know but they have energy to spare...I feel like I have 3 ferocious hydras... It's only a matter of time before there's drama..."

"Tomorrow I'm making a decision!"

While I was sleeping, Bello was lying next to Sarah... "Aren't you afraid to host the hydra?"

"He is above all a loving father... always human like us.."

Bello: "But whose anger is tantamount to the apocalypse!...

But you are right... without him, we would not be here or we would be slaves!"

Sarah: "Do you think humans will ever be slaves to monsters?

Bello: "On the contrary! I believe that a new golden age is waiting for us! Have you noticed? You don't have white hair anymore! And your wrinkles are gone!

Sarah: "Yes, it's true! You too!"

The three dragonets were with Kate and their dragoKobold godmother. They were dreaming and then they found themselves in the arena and the dragon mom was lying in the bleachers.

Vermilion was finishing devouring a bull leg with his 2 sisters.

They were covered in blood and looked like winged raptors. They were as big as raptors.

Then the crowd cheered the new gladiators.

It was Arnold and Louise...

They were coming down a hill in the middle of the arena... the scenery made no sense...

"Vermillion, Vermithrax and Glacias!!! time for revenge!"

"Vermillion, Vermithrax and Glacias!!! time for revenge!"

Kate lowered her paw as a sign to start the hostilities.

KATE: "BLOOD FOR BLOOD!"

Vermillion: "Maman_COPY he has a sword and is bigger than us!!!"

Glacias: "Louise ... no it's not Louise.."

Vermithrax: "It's Tyrant!!! "

Kate: "I present you your brother and sister .... Tyrant and Louise.. Have fun until the last blood!!!!'

Kate's face was distorted to reveal long teeth and her eyes turned red like the idol of the Ummites.

In her palace, Darkia was concentrating on erasing the nightmare... but it was mechanical, and impossible to deflect. She was concentrating mostly on preventing injuries from being transferred to the astral.

The nightmare was inevitable... but she could influence it by turning it into a life lesson...

Darkia: "Hans... support me... it's hard! "

I appeared in her palace..and she was lying in her nightmare dragon throne.

Her magic and power were flowing to the floor through the golden armrests.

I had my hydra form and lay down next to her and put my paw on hers.

"I love you..."

These words gave a new power to the queen of nightmares...

"Let me help you..."

Here I was not weakened..and I had my full power.

Darkia: "Hans...I hear crying...It's a dragoness I think..."

"Children first... Tyrant, even dead still does damage..."

We concentrated. Darkia, to influence the course of events in her kingdom

"The Vizier and the Table resist me...They represent order and rigid stability"

"Between us, we are stronger..!"

Arnold looked at Vermillion...then at the ground and picked up sand in his black glove..

"You dare to sell powder to people??? You steal from them by selling them sand???"

Louise with her ninja swords and white knives in her hair smiled.

"You bled Arnold and he is not happy!!!"

Vermilion looked at Kate " Mommy I'm scared!

She looked at her children and turned her head 180 ° eyes down and jaw to the sky ...

"It's mommy time!!!"

The dragonets let loose with fear: "?????? Maman?????"

Tyrant leapt onto the concrete-hard sand floor. He was armed with a long sword, a pistol, armor with explosive plates and a kevlar suit and he gleefully displayed his helmet adorned with 3 pairs of dragon horns.

"I'm going to be able to make a second helmet for Louise... right Louise???"

And she looked at Arnold(Tyrant) smiling then took a defensive pose and they approached the 3 dragonets who were all 3 tightly together.

Vermillion dashed forward with his hind leg claws and flapped his wings but Arnold with the palm of his left hand: "GRAVITONS!

And Vermillion crashed miserably to the ground.

Then came Glacias and Vermithrax.

Louise had come closer and at the moment when the two dragons were going to tear their sister apart, she disappeared in a puff of smoke, but also of pepper.

Immediately, their eyes stung and then burned.

Their noses were burning.

Then Arnold kicked Vermillion's stomach...

He started to vomit blood.

Arnold was the size of a carnotaurus and 4 meters high, like Tyrant...

"Vermillion, I will beat you like my father beat Tyrant...but now I have taken his place and I will turn your life into hell!"

Glacias picked himself up and spat ice "Go back to the ice cube!"

But an invisible shield on his left hand returned the blast to Vermillion and Arnold crushed his head which waltzed into thousands of pieces. Vermillion, well what was left of his body sank into the ground, only a pair of horns remained.

And Louis took a virgin helmet... "Oh... have you seen Arnold? I'm a noble now, I have my first pair of horns..."

Then Arnold turned his head and laughed... "Daddy will be proud!

Glacias: "Vermillion??? Vermillion??? what did you do to our brother..."

Arnold: "HAHAHA! Don't worry, you'll soon join them!"

And Louise threw two blades into Vermitrax's eyes and he started to bellow with pain... "My eyes! My eyes!!!!!!" And she spat flames all around her, but Arnold landed on her head and with his sword cut off her two horns and threw them to Louise.

"Oh thank you Tyrant! I am a general now!"

Kate cheered from afar.

"It's time for the horns!"

Glaçias tried to help her sister but Arnold plunged his sword into her heart and she collapsed and was absorbed into the sand.

Arnold picked up a handful.

"You want to buy me some powder? Prices have gone up! "Then he turned to Louise and laughed.... "Yes...the price is...it's your horns.... But other than that you're worthless!

Arnold: "Enough wasted time..." Then he pointed his gun and aimed at Glacias' heart.

A bang sounded and she looked down to see a hole in her chest.

Her strength gone, she fell on her stomach.

Arnold put his boot on Glacias' head and wiped his sword with his cloak.

The cold escaped through the hole and froze her heart. Impossible to blow.

"Who do you think you are, reptile! You saw what happened to your brother and sister. We humans have resources you don't... we're creative and resilient.

We could chase you just by running... You'd run after us and when you ran out of steam, we'd tear you to pieces...

And have you seen this beautiful toy!??

All humans have them...

Glacias: "Please!!! MOM???"

Kate had her head spinning like a washing machine barrel...

Every human had a gun. There were hundreds of them.

"Glacias? fire or sword?

Glacias was crying: "Please!!!"

Then she saw his body roll in front of her and Arnold picked up his decapitated head.

"I want to put his head on a board in my room!

Then everything went black.

Arnold and Louise were playing with lead figures they had bought at the flea market and there was a coliseum... and 3 lead figures.

"I am the evil Tyrant!!!"

"AND I... am... super Ninja!" said Louise.

And they beat the 3 dragon figures in the arena!

Kate, Darkia and I were lost to the nightmare.

Darkia whispered to me: "It's their trauma that's coming out! The dragonets see Tyrant everywhere and Arnold is crushing the dragonets to weaken them and make himself feel stronger...

Me: "I just see a premonition if we don't do anything!!! We have to rebuild everything... Like this world destroyed... our children are the image of this world: a ruin!

Kate, your head is spinning because you are confused.

Kate: "Maybe we need outside help???"

"Yes, I think so, but who? What I see is that Tyrant is going to come back in another form, or we are rebuilding one... and it will end with a massacre and the death of the children..."

The next morning, I stretched, a little better in shape, awakened by the noise of the plates and of Kate who was setting the table helped by a Kobold who absolutely wanted to serve his god.

I wanted to caress the hair of the little one but I let her sleep a little more.

Then while getting up... "Kling" I hit a metal object under some blankets on the floor.

I pulled back the blanket and had a feeling of horror.

The sword, helmet, Tyrant armor and...the ninja suit with the 2 ninja daggers was at the foot of the bed!!!!.

"VERMILLION!!! please

I ran to the temple and opened the doors. Kate was sleeping wrapped around the 3 dragonets...

Phew... they were not hurt...

I returned to Louise... awake. The objects had disappeared...

Sarah : "Good morning Hans. Did you sleep well?

"I think it did the children a world of good... they were tired..."

Then I turned around and saw Arnold jumping on my neck... "DADDY!!!"

And I looked at his shoulder... "Are you in pain???"

"Auntie Darkia fixed me up and I didn't feel a thing!"

"Uh, Arnold. Darkia is now your second mother. She's also my wife like Mama Kate."

Arnold turned to look at Darkia who looked tired..

At breakfast... "You know...Mama Darkia..."

She was happy to hear a compliment..

"Yes, you know... I dreamed about you and we went to the toy store and beat up some mean dragons..."

I smile.

"ME too!" cried Louise... "remember?"

Then Arnold laid a revolver on the table... "I found this at the foot of the bed... can I keep it? I've killed dragons!!!"

I took the gun... "No.. it's too dangerous.. you could hurt mom, me your sister and..."

Arnold: "NO!!!! and he stood up.

I handed him another gun... but a taser instead..

"Arnold, you have to understand...you're small and it's hard but your injury is an accident.."

"NO...they wanted to EAT me!!!"

"I'll take care of it but give us a chance...a very small one. A gun kills and there's no going back. You don't give the bad guys a chance to apologize, to make amends and to redeem themselves. It's brutal, savage and there's no turning back.

Imagine killing your sister out of anger or fear. When you grow up, you will cry every day and every minute of your life and beg Enka, the goddess of time, to turn back the clock, but there is no way to do that without killing yourself.

Arnold cried and came into my arms.

"I want mommy... not the white monster...!!!"

Louise put her hand on her brother... "daddy is a dragon too... and mommy didn't have a choice.."

"I hate you all!!!" and he got up and ran away.

I wanted to catch him but Sarah put her hand on mine and held Louise back from running after her little brother.

"He is very angry...he needs to be alone...leave him"

"Daddy...aren't you going to eat?"

"No, honey but you eat... the little kobolds made it for you. If you are nice to them, they will give it back to you endlessly.."

I stood up and said, "Thank you, Sarah. Can you watch the little one today? Darkia.. you come, I have to talk to you and Kate."

And we left the house of Sarah and Bello. Waspy arrived with some kobolds and went in to play with Monty and Raven who were going to leave for the Bucéphalus in a few days but the plans had changed.

We entered the temple and Kate was waiting for me, awake and sad...

"We have another problem!!!'

Darkia: "What????"

Kate just listened.

On the table I put the revolver.

"THIS!"

Kate took her head between her paws, and Darkia took the gun.

"This is from the dream world, but not really... it's from another dimension .... It must have passed through the gates of time, to the palace of the great Vizier, to A'arnateth.."

I: "There is something else! the armor, the sword and the helmet! they were at the foot of the bed...! What devilry can it be?"

Then I turned around and the weapon was gone...

Darkia "I think it's coming from you!

"How?"

"I feel your divine power..."

"No... the only goddess here is Enka... I'm just an offspring, a half-god, and still..."

Darkia "And if your father was also a god??? that would make you a god too! And that would explain your fatigue, your need to hibernate. Even if you don't want to admit it... that's the way it is..."

"What if I asked Mother?"

"No, darling. you're too weak..and then she sulks..she's furious.. It's not your fault but Arnold missed..."