chapter 48

here is the guaranteed chapter for this week, there is not much to do when babies are sleeping, which is lucky as my birthday was on thursday and this chapter almost was pushed to next week. as always i want to thank rouge and mejinzs for their proofreading support.

without further ado Chapter 48 – Relatives?

 

———————————Fafnir POV——————————-

            “So, you ready to clean the bathroom?” I said as I landed with a thud, dropping the small corpse of a screamer bat on the floor of my lair.

            “But… I thought… it was…” Ryan stammered staring at the small mangled corpse.

            “These annoying things are irritating to say the least, but you eventually tune them out.” I replied while licking the blood off one of my claws.

            “Fine,” Ryan sighed as he turned toward the back of the cave, “I will clean the bathroom.”

            I left my sulking brother behind as I headed to see what Azazel was doing. I entered her cavern to find the draconic demoness sitting amongst tons of little plastic men which encircled an impressive looking fortress.

            “Ha Ha Ha! You think you can storm my Daddy’s lair? no one can defeat my Daddy!” Azazel said as she grabbed a ball of plastic blocks and threw it knocking down lots of the little men.

            “Azazel, what are you doing?” I asked concerned over what my daughter was doing.

            “All the little men are trying to storm you lair and steal me but you flew in and turned them all into the blue stuff.” She said with a smile.

            “I see… ok, just… have… fun,” I stammer as I leave her cavern, “I really have to find her someone her own age to play with or she may become the demon lord.”

            I headed towards the main cavern when I heard someone call “Hatchling, where are you?”

            “Well I guess it was going to happen eventually.” I sighed. As I poked my head out of Azazel’s cavern I saw a large blue eye peering into the entrance of my lair.

            “OH, there you are!” she proclaims as the large eye is replaced by a dragon just a bit shorter than the cave’s entrance, “Aww, he’s so cute!”  And before I know it I am being crushed by an incredibly heavy claw.

            “Please get off me!” I barely manage to growl at the heavy dragon crushed the life out of me.

            “Is that any way to treat you Aunt Tenabrexa?” she replied, just as I pass out.

          “And that is why no one lets you handle their children!” I heard someone shout as I woke up

          “What happened?” I moaned trying to think through my splitting headache.

          “See he’s still alive, he’ll be fine, mana dragons don’t need to breathe.” Someone smugly replies.

          Light stabs my eyes as I open them, after blinking a few times I see a dragon being pinned to the floor by the goddess. “What are you two doing?” I hesitantly ask the two women.

          “I am here to see my neph…ACK” The dragon replies, before she is cut off by the goddess

          “I am restraining a trespasser, who is trying to kill one of my charges.” The goddess smiles, as she continues to squeeze the life out of the dragon.

          “Huh, is that your brother, Daddy?”  Azazel gasp as she enters the main cavern.

          “No dear, that is Alexandra’s friend.” I gingerly replied to the little demoness.

          “But he looks like you.” She replied as she skirted around the two women and hugged by leg.

          “Azazel, go play with Ryan for a bit, I have to speak with these two for a little bit.” I said as I nuzzled the demoness towards the back of the lair.

          “Ok,” she replied and left the main cavern.

          “So, someone want to explain?” I asked looking at the two women.

          The goddess looked at the dragon and with a sigh let go. “I am Tenabrexa, and I am your aunt.” The dragon declares as she puffs out her chest a bit.

          “That’s what you think.” I heard the goddess mutter while staring at the dragon.

          “I am somewhat sure that you aren’t my aunt.” I bluntly reply.

          “There are only three mana dragons left, and Alexandarax only really slept with my sister so… yah.” Tenabrexa bashfully replied as she looked away.

          “Hold on a minute Tene, that’s not quite true,” the goddess interrupted with a guilty look on her face.

          “What do you mean?” Tenabrexa asked her eyes scrunched to near slits, “You didn’t do what I think you did, did you?”

          “Well you see… there was a botched summoning ritual and his soul got trapped in my realm, and I have been meaning to teach the mortals a lesson… so I might have used the Wheel of Fate ritual.” the goddess stammered out, avoiding the gaze of the dragoness.

          “How is he still alive if you turned him? You know what happens when you put a soul into a vessel it cannot handle, and you know that that ritual is forbidden after what happened to the others who tried it!” She growled with barred teeth at the goddess.

          “Hold on, what are you talking about?” I asked confused over their arcane babble.

          “You were an impossible accident,” the goddess replies with a nervous smile.

          “My father said the same thing,” I replied, causing the dragoness to snicker, “but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m here.”

          “That’s not what I meant” the goddess frowned.

          “Then what did you mean?” I asked more than a little annoyed with everything.

          “The wheel of fate is a practical joke that gods use to screw with mortals by giving them the most powerful form that their soul can handle and unleashing them on their own race. Your soul is just a weak mortal’s, it shouldn’t have been able to stop on the mana dragon slot but it did. And I was curious as to what would happen, so I didn’t interrupt it.” She replied with a awkward smile.

          “Well…” I manage to reply stunned at the implications, “Then how am I a mana dragon?”

          “I don’t really know.” She confessed.

          “You will be perfect for my niece!” The dragon exclaimed.

          “You have a neice?” both me and the goddess asked at the same time.

          You said there were only three dragons besides me.” I accused the goddess.

          “As far as I knew, there were only three.” she stammered.

          “She should hatch any…” She started, when she just stopped at the same time I felt a tingling sensation along my spine “Scratch that, now there are a total of five mana dragons.”

          “What do you mean?” The goddess asked with a confused look on her face,

          “My niece just hatched!” She said with a large grin before turning towards me, “ I will be back soon, I have to find my sister and let her know that I found her daughter a mate.” With a flash of light she vanished.

          “Ok, you need to cast some sort of ward or spell so people can’t just pop in and out of this universe in the middle of a conversation.” I said to the goddess more than a little annoyed.

          “That will be the least of your worries,” she absently replied when she too vanished in a flash of light.

          “Daddy, who were those scary people and why did they just vanished?” Azazel asked hidden behind the lip of the hallway.

          “I will tell you when you are older.” I sighed as I started to walk back to my hoard. “What did I do to deserve this mistreatment…”

 

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Chapter 47

sorry for the late release it was a combination of my brother’s child being born and mejinzs not having time to do the secondary PR (it will be done later). as always i want to thank rouge for his proofreading.

 

without further ado, Chapter 47 – Conversations

 

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            “What is that noise?” I yelled getting off my luxurious bed of finely crafted gold and silver. I went to the adjoining chamber and checked the many carved runes lining the walls of the cavern. I looked toward the blueish white pool stood in stark contrast against the gray stone. I loped over to the pool and in the center was a single egg it shell matching the surrounding liquid.

            “It finally hatch didn’t it?” someone squealed, causing me to jump a little.

            “Don’t scare me like that!” I growled looking at my sister.

            “Is the little one still hiding in the pool?” she asked as she lifted her long neck to get a better look at the egg.

            “No, it hasn’t hatched yet.” I replied right before I topped of the pool of mana with my breath.

            “I could have sworn that I felt it hatch.” My sister muttered as she rested on her haunches, “I don’t think Alexandarax could have fathered another…”

            “That olf?” I asked.

            “You’re right…” she sighed, “After that wedding no one would even dream of being with that idiot.”

            “Then who hatched?” I asked.

            “I don’t know but I think I am going to check on it while you look after the egg.” My sister said before she vanished.

            “Well with her gone I can go back to sleep.” I muttered as I walked back to my hoard and settle down. I thought I heard a faint scratching sound as I fell asleep.

——————–Dark god Mortum POV————————————

            “That thrice blast witch unleashed a terror on the multiverse and I am stuck waiting in a multi universal government office to tell someone about it.” I grumbled looking at the crowd of deities waiting to have their case heard. “I mean seriously why any god would care about one god cheating on another with mortals is beyond me, it not like they can just wait a few years till the mortal is dead and be done with it.”

            “Now taking number 48956774321” a droning voice called from the front.

            “Just ten more insufferable people till I am called then I can blow the whistle on that cursed goddess. I mean how did she even create a mana dragon anyway?”

——————————Fafnir POV———————————–

           

            “Daddy, it’s time to get up.” Azazel said while pushing against my snout. I cracked one eye open and saw the first rays of dawn streaking through the mouth of my lair.

            “It’s too early.” I mumbled as I started to fall back to sleep.

            “Get up you have to go find Lilith and aunt Atheros.” Azazel said struggling to lift me up.

            “I will find them later,” I gowned in a sleep filled haze.

            “And I’m hungry.” She stated giving up on moving me.

            “Go have Ryan fix you something for breakfast, I will be up soon,” I mumbled as I fell back to sleep.

            “Bro! Bro you have to get up! There was a strange sound outside and I think it gonna eat Me!” Ryan stammered as he ran into my cavern.

            “There is nothing in this range that will be able to eat you.” I sighed as I open my large blue eyes, “We have been doing this for two weeks now, there are no predators that can get up here, and the ones that can fly know better than to enter my lair.”

            “But… but the loud screeching!” He stuttered I could smell the sweat on him with my sensitive draconic nose.

            “Stop whining.” I groaned as I opened one large eye, “I will get up and check on it, if I find that it is just your imagination again, I am not going to be happy.”

            I extracted myself from the comfortable pile of coins while Ryan hurried towards the back of the lair and stretched as I woke myself up. I headed over to my kitchen and devoured several pieces of meat from a tiger like animal that tried to sneak into my lair. After the quick meal I walked into the main cavern and stopped when I noticed someone sitting in an impressive throne while reading a book entitled, ‘How to find magically hidden dragons, for the Divine protector’.

            “Oh, there you are. Do you know how hard it was to find this place, that paranoid over underage velociraptor did a little too good a job in hiding you.” The goddess said placing her book on her lap, “But I fixed that.”

            “So I guess you here for that chat of ours then?” I asked staring at the woman.

            “That’s one of the reason that I’m here the other is to see that cute daughter of yours. Do you know how rare and cute demonic dragon kin are?” she said as she stood up and placed the book on the chair.

            “Ok then let’s have our talk here, this is my living room… kinda.” I said as I plopped to the floor.

            “I would have thought you would have moved us to your hoard room.” She said with a frown, “I guess you aren’t that draconic yet.”

            “What are we to talk about?” I asked ignoring her comment.

            “You’re no fun.” She sighed, “What has that idiot of a dragon told you about dragons?”

            “That we are rare and that I am his decoy if his exes show up.” I replied.

            “That sounds like something he would say especially after the wedding incident…” she chuckled as she sat back down.

            “Ok, what is this wedding that everyone keeps mentioning?” I asked the goddess.

            “I guess you might not know, though the wedding was on your world…” she said as she drifted off into space for a few second. “No matter, did you ever hear of the… oh, what was that war called… ah, the Trojan war?”

            “Yes, we learned about it in history class, it was a war between the Greeks and the Trojans started after the prince Paris…” I replied realizing where this was going, “He didn’t, did he?”

            “I have read your stories it’s not that epic.” She chuckled, “Alex was roped into judging a beauty contest between the goddess, and was so drunk that he forgot to include his mate and his mate’s sister in the contest. He realized at the end of the contest that he had two not so happy dragons to face afterward.”

            “So what caused the war?” I asked wondering where that Helen girl fit into this story.

            “Alex was dead drunk and had the bright idea to play matchmaker to the other Paris, and hooked him up with Helen using a marriage ritual, much to the dismay of both of their partners at the time.” She laughed.

            “What is a marriage ritual?” I hesitantly asked.

            “It is a high end spell that joins couples together and prevents cheating by inflicting unimaginable pain on the unfaithful one.” She replied as she shifted in her throne.

            “Who made that spell?” I asked.

            “I don’t know…” She started to cough averting her eyes.

            “It was you wasn’t it.” I flatly asked.

            “So on to the main conversation!” She declared avoiding the question, “First I wanted came to warn you that one of the other gods is at the central complaint department office trying to get help in killing you.”

            “What?” I asked dumbfounded.

            “Yah, but you have at least another year before he works his way through that system. The god of bureaucracy, Rohan Rudens, is very efficient at being inefficient. I remember when I had to file for my Divine territory it took me nearly thirty years to get all the paperwork done.” She shivered before she snapped her head toward the mouth of my lair.

            “It seems we’ll need to cut this conversation short, someone is trying to enter my demesne… and I have a good idea who it is.” She said and in a flash of light both the goddess and her throne vanished.

            “What is it with people just up and vanishing in the middle of a conversation?” I grumbled as I exit the mouth of the cave and jumped skyward.

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Chapter 46

With this I should be somewhat caught up with where i should be with guaranteed chapters. now i just have to get this week’s written then i am golden. as always i want to thank rouge and mejinzs for their proofreading support.

without further ado, Chapter 46 – What a Trip

 

————————Fafnir POV————————–

            I glided on the chilled wind as I made my way to the elven city, specks of color on the trees showing the signs of fall.

            “How long have I been gone?” I asked myself surveying the changes. I approached and dived through the golden leaves of the trees, aiming for Therin’s family manor. I scared the two guards standing in front of the house as I landed with a large thump.              

            “It’s the dragon,” I heard one of the guards whisper as I folded my wings.

            “I am here to see Therin.” I said to the nervous guards.

            “Master Therin is indisposed at the moment.” One of the guards stammered as he gripped his sword still in its scabbard.

            “Well then I guess I will just go in there myself and see what he is up too.” I replied with a grin as I moved towards the door.

            “We can’t let you do that.” The other guard stammered as he hastily drew his sword almost dropping it in the process.

            “And do you mean to stop me, Snack?” I growled, small streams of mana dropping from my mouth.

            “No lord dragon, he is really is indisposed.” The other guard interrupted covering the mouth of the other guard, “But we can show you to one of his reception rooms until he is presentable.”

            “Whatever, I just need to talk to Therin,” I sighed as one of the guards quickly opened the door I shrunk myself just enough to fit through the narrow halls as I was lead to Therin’s study. I entered the room and hopped on one of the nicely cushioned seats,  curling up while I waited.

            A few minutes passed before a wet, scantily clad elf ran walked into the room. “I knew the king was lying when he proclaimed that the hero had fallen delivering the final blow to the demon lord!” Therin laughed, and, asking no one in particular, “I mean how could the hero, kill and be killed by his own daughter.”

            “Wow! What happened to and what were you just doing? You smell… strange?” I asked the strange elf.

            “You left for the human kingdom almost three months ago, and Lilith stopped by about two months ago saying you had vanished and said that she was going back to her home. I would deny it if anyone else asked but I miss the little murder lizard.” Therin replied avoiding the last question as a small puddle of water began to form at his feet.

            “Wow, I’ve been gone for three months.” I muttered, “Well I am back, and I need your help to get a few things.”

            “Surething your scaliness, Just let me finish my bath and then you can fill me in on what is going on. From the reports that I have gotten, you killed quite a few of the royal guards before you vanished. Not that I mind, less for me to kill when I have my glorious revenge.” He said with a twisted smile.

            “Ok, who are you and what have you done with the grumpy elf that I know?” I asked

            “I’m not grumpy, ” he replied in a sing song voice, “I am happy!”

            “Are you on drugs?” I bluntly asked the humming elf.

            “What are drugs?” he asked with a smile.

            “Did you eat, smoke or drink something that turned my grumpy elf into…this?” I gruffly replied, motioning toward  the elf.

            “Oh…” he said as he stopped for a few seconds, “Yes!”

            “Great…”I said with a heavy sigh. “Give me my cranky elf back quickly, we have things we need to do.” I huffed at the elf as he stood up and headed back down the hallway. “How do I manage to catch the elf right as he starts a drug trip…” I grumbled as I laid my head down on the soft cushion.

            An hour passed before Therin walked into the study again. “Ok, you overgrown lizard, where have you been hiding?” Therin asked.

            “There is the grumpy elf I know, what were you on?” I asked as I got up from the chair.

            “It is a concoction that our family makes that helps relieve stress.” He coughed, “I needed a chance to unwind. I have been fighting off marriage proposals ever since my father had an unfortunate accident a few months ago. After my brother recovered enough he ‘accidentally’ slipped a blade in father’s back… eight times…”

            “Dang… does that mean you are the head of the house now?” I asked with a grin.

            “Yes, and I have your stupid antics to thank for it.” He grumbled as he plopped down on one of the other chairs.

            “Ok, so when is the wedding?” I chuckled.

            “Well, as of right now I have fought all proposals off but the rest of the family is pushing me to find someone.” He sighed as he ran his hand through his dark purple hair.

            “If there is someone I need to eat let me know! I can’t have you damaged before I am done with you.” I laughed.

            “I can have a list in a few minutes if you’re offering.” He replied with a smile.

            “I will see what I can do, but first I need you to get a few things for me and take them to my lair.” I said to the elf, “I will explain everything else there.”

            After I rattled off the list of supplies, we said our goodbyes and agreed to meet at my lair. I left his house and flew through the golden leaves as I headed home. leaving the city behind, I flew across the forest until I spotted my home jutting from the cliff face . I dived through the tree lair as I once again shrunk myself, weaving through the trees looking for dinner. I didn’t take long for me to find a deer like animal which I swiftly dispatched and took with me back home.

            “I’m home!” I called out while dropping the deer like thing on the ledge.

            “Daddy’s home!” I heard Azazel squealed she ran from her room and latched onto my leg.

            “Oh, thank god you’re back, I had to fight off a swarm of bat like things that were living in the back of the cave.” Ryan said as he walked out from the back of the cave the torn up blanket barely covering him.

            “So that’s why the blanket is shredded to pieces.” I said looking at the sorry state of the blanket he had wrapped around him.

            “Where is uncle Therin?” Azazel asked still hugging my leg.

            “He will be here soon; he is just getting a few things for daddy.” I said as I pick up the demoness with my tail.

            “Therin is the elf guy right?” Ryan asked as he eyed the deer.

            “Yep, now I need you to help me to try and clean this deer or we will be eating mana stew for dinner. I don’t think you would survive that dish.” I said as I grabbed the deer carcass and took it over to the cleaning hook that hung over the small stream in the kitchen. It took over two hours of Ryan cursing and swearing before we finished cleaning the beast

            I walked back into the main part of the cave when the Therin’s signature fireball let us know of his arrival. I quickly launched myself from the ledge and brought him and the stuff he brought into the cave.

            “Wow, he has the pointy ears and everything.” Ryan said as he saw Therin.

            “And soon you’ll have no ears if you don’t watch it” Therin replied as looked towards me.

            “Ryan watch what you say,” I snapped at my brother before turning towards Therin, “ Therein, this is my brother, Ryan.”

            “Brother… ok, whatever you say. But you do know you are different species, right ?” Therin remarked as he started to put the spices into the pantry.

            “Ah, there you are you little wyrmling, did you bring me a snack?” Alexandarax said as he appeared from the back end of my lair.

            “I have brought food but it isn’t cooked yet. I did, however, bring a friend who will be able to help us with a few things.” I replied.

            “I must say this lair isn’t half bad, though a little small considering how big you will get in a few centuries.” Alexandarax said as he walked from the back of the room, “I also took the liberty of placing a few spells into the wall so it’ll be harder for those women to find us. Now, I have a few things to take care of. I will be back… when I get back.”

            “So, you take me under your wing and then you leave?” I asked the dragon, “Why did you even come then?”

            “Mind your tongue wyrmling. Unlike you, I still have duties as a god that I can’t ignore forever. I will return when everything is in order.” He rumbled right before he disappeared in a flash of light.

            “Well at least I don’t have to worry about him throwing women at me.” I mumbled as I as I walked back to my cavern to clear the dust from my hoard.

 

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chapter 45

here is what ever week guaranteed chapter, i am slowly making progress to catch up to whatever chapter that i need to be at. as always i want to thank rouge and mejinzs for their proofreading support.

wo without futher ado Chapter 45 – Places

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            “Wake up young wyrmling. They’re coming, and we need to be out of here before they arrive!” Alexandarax shouted as he burst into the bedroom.

            “What?” I asked while fighting of the haze of sleep.

            “The women are coming.” He said in a panicked voice, “I know that one of them is your mother, but I can’t let them catch me out of my home territory.”

            “What are you talking about?” I asked shaking off the haze of sleep.

            “Your real mother will be here soon and I can’t let them catch us just yet.” He replied, I could feel him start to gather mana.

            “Who is making that racket?” I heard Ryan groan from the other room. I looked at the clock sitting on the nightstand that displayed in its cool green light four AM.,

            “First, neither of them are my mother. Second about how long till they arrive?” I asked while using my tail to gently move Azazel off my ribs.

            “Time is funny between dimensions but I would guess any time from right now to… whenever.” he gruffly replied. “And there aren’t any other female dragons besides them, so one of them has got to be your mother.”

            I stared at the human shaped dragon, “No. That goddess, whatever her name is, turned me into a dragon after an interesting game of spin the bottle, making neither of them my mother. And do we have enough time to pack a few things?” I sighed as I carefully got off the bed.

            “Ha, not even the god of Gullibility would fall for that, lie!” he huffed, “We leave in five minutes.”

            “Azazel, wake up.” I said as is started to grab some of the books of my shelf.

            “Five more minutes Daddy.” She groaned burying herself under the blankets.

            “No Now. We’re going home.” I said as I grabbed a few more bags from my closet.

            “What?” She asked as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

            “We are going home and I need your help packing a few things.” I said as I gently placed several books into the bags.

            “Oh, Ok,” Azazel yawned as she squirmed out of bed.

            “Pack all the blocks back into their container and move it into the kitchen.” I directed as I grabbed the bag filled with various textbooks, and took them to the staging area in the kitchen. I dropped the books I gathered into a heap, and quickly grabbed the last two books I wanted to bring off the bookshelf in the living room. I glanced into kitchen and noticed Azazel carrying the large box of plastic blocks. I chuckled a bit, thinking of Lilith’s poor feet stepping on the plastic landmines.

            “You ready to go?” Alexandarax nervously asked as he kept looking around.

            “Almost, I’m just grabbing some of my old textbooks that will help make a few things.” I replied as I dropped the last of the textbooks in a heap. I reached for that new crack by my heart and painfully transformed into my humanoid form. I pack the books into the bags and grab some clothes for Azazel to change into.

            “Later Ryan, I will visit when I can.” I yelled to the sleeping figure on the couch.

            “Later,” I heard him mumble.

            “Form an image of your home, and I will take us there.” Alexandarax instructed as he grabbed my shoulder.

            I closed my eyes, I felt Azazel cling to my waist as I drew up the image of the cavern that I carved from the cracked stone face. Without warning I felt the floor drop from underneath me for a few seconds before gravity returned. I opened my eyes and found myself once again in that endless white space in-between realities.

            “Look at what the cat dragged in,” I heard a familiar voice say, causing me snap my eyes open. I looked up and there sat the goddess sitting on the same thrown as when I came here last.

            “I see it didn’t take long before one of the other dragons showed up but I must say I am surprised that it was you, Ally, who showed up first,” The goddess chuckled, “are you trying to hide from your exes?”

            “You know that I don’t like that name.” Alexandarax growled at the woman.

            “Ok, Paris, why are you trying to travel to one of my divine territories?” the goddess asked with a terrorizing smile that did not fit with her menacing tone.

            “I am taking this wyrmling I found on that planet where Thetis marred that mortal, back to his lair, which happens to be in your territory, and teach him to be a proper dragon.” Alexandarax gruffly replied

            “Ah, Fafnir I didn’t see you behind the large egotistical lizard. How is my baby dragon doing?” The goddess greeted, “It been forever since I last saw you.”

            “I am doing well,” I nervously chuckled while weathering Alexandra’s fierce glare.

            “I knew it wouldn’t take long before one of the three found you, but I didn’t expect it to be Paris.” She said as she leaned back onto her emerald throne her golden eyes shining.

            “Yes, yes.” Alexandarax said as he waved one of his massive claws, “You can visit later, now can you please allow to take this young wyrmling back home?”

            “We both know that is not the reason you are helping this young dragon,” She chuckled, “if I know you right, you hope to lure the other two to the wyrmling and escape somewhere, and knowing those two it just might work.”

            “You mean I’m bait?” I asked as I stared at the large wyrm.

            “Why would I make you bait?” Alexandarax nervously chuckled.

            “Ha, called it.” The goddess laughed at the nervous dragon.

            “So what? He goes back to his lair and I get peace for a few centuries, it works out for both of us.” Alexandarax huffed, “I mean so what if he has two dragons fussing over the little guy.”

            “Great,” I sighed while shaking my head.

            “It will be fun to say the least,” the goddess smiled, “I will permit you to take him to his lair but while you are in my domain you will maintain your human form, and you can only use minor spells, and plane shift.”

            “Are you trying to make my life harder?!” Alexandarax whined.

            “Yes, you apparently still haven’t learned your lesson from the reception debacle, and I don’t want the locals to freak out over a divine visit.”

            “Fine,” he huffed causing twin clouds of blue to shoot out his nostrils, “I will keep it sealed, just let us go, I can feel them searching for me.”

            “Good, and Fafnir, I will be visiting in a few days as there are some things we need to talk about.” The goddess said and before I knew it, the feeling of weightlessness returned and we had returned to the grayish blue walls of my lair.

            “Yaeh, we are home!” Azazel shouted as she grabbed the bin of block and ran to her room.

            I looked around the cave and stopped as my eyes fell upon my couch. I peered over the top and beheld the crumpled form of my brother.

            “Alexandarax, why is my brother here?” I calmly asked the human formed dragon.

            “Oops, I guess I accidently took him as well,” the dragon chuckled staring at the sleeping human.

            “How do you accidently trans-dimensionally teleport someone?!” I yelled.

            “Like I said, I was never precise with magic, I mean I have so much of it that I never needed to do that.” He shrugged as he started to look at the cave.

            “Can you take him back then?” I asked keeping my anger in check.

            “Nope.” He replied as he started to inspect the walls.

            “Why not?”

            “You heard the goddess, only plane shifting allowed and I can’t take others on a plain shift.” He nonchalantly replied.

            “Well I guess I will ask her when she comes in a few days.” I sighed as I walked to the sleeping form of my brother.

            “Wake up bro,” I said as I shook him with my tail.

            “I said five more minutes.” He mumbled as he turned over to get his face out of the late afternoon sun.

            “Wake up now or I will throw you into my lake.” I said as started to wrap my tail around him.

            “What the” he started to sware as he jumped, but quickly quieted as he looked around. “Where am I?” Ryan asked.

            “That ‘genius’ over there accidently teleported you, and a few other things he shouldn’t have, back with us.” I said as I pointed to the dragon that was currently raiding my pantry.

            “What?” Ryan blankly replied.

            “Welcome to my other place, you will be here for a few days until I can convince another god to take you home.” I replied to my confused brother.

            “But what about my test?” Ryan asked

            “You might be late…”

            “Crap, there is no way that any teacher will accept the excuse that I was teleported to another dimension by my dragon brother’s insane teacher.” Ryan said as he looked down.

            “Is that really your first concern? You have been taken to another dimension that is the same technological level as medieval Europe, and the first thing your worry about is a stupid math test?” I asked dumbfounded.

            “Considering that in the past twenty four hours I found out that: my brother Is now a dragon, gods exist, and my nice is the demon lord for another dimension? No, not much more can phase me.” he flatly replied as he stood up still dressed in nothing but his underwear, “and this is probably just some nightmare anyways and I will wake up soon.”

            I stared at my brother and after a few seconds I hit him upside the head with my tail.

            “Are you dreaming?” I wryly asked.

            “Why did that hurt? I know you don’t feel pain in dreams!” He started to panic, where I hit him again a little harder.

            “Stop that.” He groaned.

            “That’s more like it.” I chuckled at the expense of my scantily clad brother.

            “Ok you overgrown lizard, what now?” Ryan asked as he grabbed the blanket from the couch and wrapped it around himself.

            “Well, I am going to see my servant and see about him getting you some clothes, while you watch the your niece play with blocks.” I replied, “If you want you can also move the couch into one of the unoccupied caverns in the back of the lair so you don’t have to deal with most of the insects.”

            “Great… I play babysitter to my demonic niece while you go out.” He muttered looking around the entrance to my lair. “I don’t have to worry about crazy monsters invading here and killing us, do I?”

            “No I carved my lair into the side of this mountain about forty feet from the ground so nothing should happen, and the ones that might try something know better.”

            “Forty feet up?” he stammered.

            “You’ll be fine, this place is plenty big, also if anyone named, Lilith or Atheros shows up just get Azazel to explain everything as neither of them can speak English.”

            “You’re kidding me?” he said as his jaw dropped.

            “Nope,” I stated as I ran out of the cave, “Bye dear, I am going to go get Therin!” I shouted as jumped into the late afternoon sun  and flew towards toward the elven city.

 

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Chapter 44

sorry for the late release, personal issues came up and i found my self helping my family in southern florida, this past weekend. this is the guaranteed chapter for last week and i hope to get another one out to make everything even. as always i want to thank mejinzs and rouge for their proof reading support.

without further ado Chapter 44 – Gut Feeling

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             “That was delicious, thank you.” Alexandarax said holding the stomach of his humanoid form.

              “You’re welcome,” My mother replied as she started to collect the plates on my small table.

              “Azazel, finish your food.” I said to the demoness who was staring at her corn.

              “But it looks weird and tastes gross.” Azazel huffed from her chair.

              “You need to eat it or the rest of your scales won’t grow in,” I lied which caused Ryan to choke a bit.

               I glared at Ryan as Azazel started to eat.

              “If I eat all my corn can I have some of the blue stuff?” Azazel asked with a smile.

             “You know that is an outside food only.” I reminded the demoness as I took a piece of the chicken and tossed it into my gaping maw.

               “Then can we go outside and I have some of the blue stuff?” She quickly responded.

               “Azazel, the surrounding area would not survive you having some, so no.” I growled, “Now finish your food as it is almost time for you to get to bed.”

                “Ok” she sighed as she picked at the rest of her corn.

                I looked over at the rest of my family who were just staring at the exchange.

               “What is the blue stuff?” Ryan hesitantly asked.

              “Liquid mana would be my guess.” Alexandarax replied while picking something out from his pointed teeth.

              “It’s mana,” I replied eyeing the two, “though when she eats it she typically releases the magic in a large spell, like a massive fireball or windstorm. That is why it is an outside food.”

              “Called it,” Alexandarax grinned still sitting in his chair.

              “How old are you?” I asked in disbelief.

              “I don’t know I stopped counting after the first few millennia.” Alexandarax remarked.

             “How long is a mallinza?” Azazel asked, all of her food suspiciously gone.

             “A very long time,” I replied as I stood up and gingerly grabbed my plate and cup with my tail. I walked over to the sink where my mother was cleaning the dishes, and set them down next to her.

             “Thank you, for bringing them over.” My mom said as she scrubbed a pot, “If someone told me that my son had turned into a dragon I would have laughed in their face, now… I guess I should be careful, as it might be true.”

             “Mom…”

             “The only thing that I want for all my kids is for them to be happy,” My mom chuckled as she set the clean pot down next to her, “and from the short time I have seen you interacting with Azazel, I could tell that you’re happier than you have been in a long time, even if you’re slightly scalier.”

             “Don’t knock the scales,” I smiled, “they are more useful than you know.”

            “Well I better get back home; I still have to clean up what is left of your father’s place.” She sighed.

            “I know, but don’t go through that much trouble, he was an ass.” I replied, and as I thought of that beast of a man, my anger boiled a bit.

            “Quit leaking mana, ya whelp, or do you want to get us found out.” Alexandarax shouted from the table.         

            I took a deep breath and calmed my anger as I headed into the living room where Ryan was finishing his homework.

            “Y’all finished with your homework?” I asked as I looked over his shoulder.

            “Just have to finish this chemistry problem.” He replied still concentrating on his work.

            “Ok, but I think that mom is leaving to head home soon, and you might want to leave as well.” I informed my brother.

            “I have everything I need so I should be fine and I can head to school from here, do you mind if I stay the night?” Ryan asked as he looked up from his work.

            “Sure, but you have the couch.” I replied as I saw mom gathering up her things.

            “I hope you don’t mind that I don’t see you out,” I chuckled a bit, “I mean if the neighbors saw me they might have an issue with it.”

            “I understand, I will come check on the place every few days while you are gone, just come back and visit soon.” My mom said as she came and gave me a hug before she left.

            “Well, now that she is gone, you ready to go?” Alexandarax asked as he walked into the living room with a strange piece of meat.

            “I am ready, but where did you get that piece of meat?” I asked staring at the man-dragon.

            “Something I had stored in my hoard stomach.” He replied as he took another bite of the meat shank.

            “What is a ‘hoard stomach’?” I tentatively asked the older dragon.

            “I guess it is to be expected,” Alexandarax sighed as he contorted his mouth into an inhuman shaped and shoved the rest of the shank down his throat, “that is a hoard stomach, it is an organ that creates a little pocket of space where you can store things, the only limit is what you can fit in your mouth.”

            “I see…” I replied, more than disturbed by that piece of anatomy that I never knew I had.

            “Didn’t your mama ever prime yours?” he huffed stretching his jaw.

            “No,” I flatly replied, “you just saw my mother leave, is there another way that I can get this gullet, without being primed, whatever that means?”

            “Well young wyrmling, first she can’t be your mother, she is the wrong species. Second, I can try to prime your stomach, it but I don’t have the same control as the women of our species, I have a feeling that it would end poorly if I tried, though you can try it yourself but it might cause a small explosion if you fail.” He replied as he stretched his jaw once again and spat out the same, half eaten, chunk of meat he was munching on before.

            “That is a new level gross,” Ryan said standing in the door, his face turning white as he ran towards the bathroom.

            “You’ll get over it.” Alexandarax chuckled at Ryan as he took another bite out of the meat, “though young wyrmling, I am sure that you will meet the other two, they have an… uncanny ability to find me.”  

            “Ok…” I replied as I started to creep away from the disturbing dragon.

            I left the dragon to his mad muttering as I headed toward the bedroom, where I could hear Azazel humming some odd melody.

            “It is time for bed,” I said to the demoness as I walked into the bedroom, plastic block scattered around the demoness.

            “I don’t wanna go to bed, I want to play with the blocks some more!” She wined as she crossed her arms and began to pout.

            “You can play with the block tomorrow, and we might be able to take the blocks with us when we head back home.” I said as I picked up the demoness with my tail, avoiding the plastic landmines and placed Azazel into the bed.

            “Are we going home tomorrow? I miss Lilith and Uncle Therin, and Aunt Atheros.” Azazel said as she snuggled up under a large blue comforter.  

            “We shall see,” I replied as I nuzzled my snout against her face before I left the bedroom, turning the lights off as I left.  

 

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