David took us home. I was in the back seat with my head leaning against Mom's shoulder, our hands inside each other.

Mommy was reassured that I was me and that I remembered everything.

Mommy: "I was afraid the dragon had eaten you and taken your place but I know you are still you."

I remember, before I was born as a dragon, I didn't know how to transform myself into a human, I wasn't very smart... and magic, I could hardly do it. I am happy with you.

You gave me so much. "

Mom: "Remember your dragon mom?"

"No, I was a mean, stupid beast. I was raised by a monster. Othar... A half-human being who turned into a dragon... An undead monster. He defeated death by killing thousands of innocent people. He is the dracula and he still lives among us. He comes to haunt me in my sleep.

One day he got tired of us and slit our throats with my 2 sisters, wanting to make us undead to defeat death.

We were stupid to believe him and Sanguinem, my older sister, when we were ghosts to stick and follow Mark, the only one who knew how to defy Othar and who was blessed by our goddess.

He found us in possession of their children and we were judged and punished by our goddess.Mark was merciful and rescued us and I fell in love with him and his family. Mark's father-in-law, Oriharukon, took me as his concubine and I was happy for the first time. I wanted to carry their child. They were gentle and kind and I saw only them but we sacrificed ourselves to save our world and our egg.

Sacrificed is a better word than murdered. The dragons were able to get out but they were all killed cowardly by Viseron and Moranus.

I also killed myself to protect you from them, but I'm stuck... I realize that I am nothing without you. "

I was relieved that Mom accepted me as I am and that she will help me. Why couldn't I have been nicer and wiser before? what a waste...Then I shed two tears and finally I could look forward to the future.

Poisse, it was over... Now I was Sylvia.

I was whole and I had no reason to hide anymore, to lie to myself and to those I love. We went home and Ankur and Choudari jumped on my neck.

They had grown up well, but I was still a giant. Less stressed I decided to start playing with them again. Tomorrow we would go fishing together.

Mom came home relieved, a little confused but blamed it all on me. She didn't say anything to Surish. She hasn't told Surish yet... It was now up to her to carry the hot potato.

The next morning, I was getting sleepy and my cousins woke me up. It seemed that I was snoring and had a blissful smile on my back and my arms spread out, one of them hanging almost touching the ground.Mom had come to see me, but choked a laugh when she saw me like this.

"She finally got her smile back. How I missed it..."

Then we left to follow the small path behind the house and it took us along the river, and on the other bank, full of irrigated fields. But we stayed on the jungle side. There was a small pontoon with boats attached. They had a painted number indicating the house number. All the neighbors had a boat. We also, and I had had as a gift one day, a small electric motor to make short trips and I fixed it on the back board and my two cousins carried the fishing rods.

We were now in a tunnel of vegetation and there were a lot of animals around us.

"Say, Sylvia. Aren't you scared when you fish alone?"

"Mmm... maybe yes, that a titano-boa or a T-rex will jump on me?"

"Ankur: Ehh, we're not so small anymore! You're just telling us nonsense to scare us!"

I smile: "Shhh, let's scare the fish!"

2 hours later, our bag was ready and we had a barbecue and my cousins were eating their catch in secret from their parents. Then Surish sat down with a serious look on his face...as if I had gotten pregnant so young and before the wedding.

Mom had asked for a room to be set up next to mine and a playroom and baby room to be set up next to the kitchen. The veranda would be used as a nursery.

David, on his side, was with the governor and explained the situation. He had gone to the marina and invited his friend for lunch. On a large screen, sheltered from the sun, they were in the cafeteria with a covered terrace going all around the building. One view on the jungle and the other on the ocean. O

pposite, there were islands.It was beautiful and clean and a truly heavenly place on earth. People were happy there but it sometimes provoked jealousy and anger from fanatics.

"Mr. Mars, what will you have? We have French wine but also local wine."

Mars : "We might as well make our loved ones live... A Pondicherry then!"

It's true that it was a French grape variety but the sun affected this good wine to be tasted with good seafood. A big freshly caught tuna was roasting and in the open air, it gave a pleasant smell of fumet.

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"What a beautiful room... But it's huge... There are only 3 of us at the table, are we going to eat all this meat?"

David "No, we'll have our share and the rest for a surprise guest."

Mars smiled, thinking of a new resident at the marina. A killer whale? A dolphin? Sea lions?

David: "I invited you because I consider you a friend, but there's something I need to talk to you about. "

A silence.

"Your city, your men and inhabitants were saved by a dragon. She lives here, in secret."

Mars: "How is this possible? There's only one dragon, the American Zabvronian!"

"Viseron is a criminal, a white-collar monster. Everybody knows about Blackskies, that this is only a facade. He has slain all the dragons and has put us all in danger. He didn't care about the cataclysm and whether we survived or not... He gutted Poisse who was trying to launch the Aegis 2, another spare rocket to go look for her family... But she got caught in the dimensional amber and she regenerated in a time curve and came back alive. It's the last dragoness, well, not quite."

Mars: "But what are you saying? "

David showed pictures here at the marina. The dragon playing with the children who climbed on it and rode it like dragon knights. He put down his papers and the tablet slowly.

David: "Just that the dragons had the status of citizens like any human being at the time and "

Mars: "I know... we're not going to go back on the laws that were passed, but what do you want? The problem is that if Boko Haram finds out that his men have been slaughtered by a dragon living here, your protégée will be hunted and hunted to the end of the world and I'm afraid for a second battlefield."

David: "That's not the problem. She has been living with us for a few years and has never caused any problems. She lives in hiding and no one suspects her.

She is also human. She has a human body like us..."

Mars: "It's true that we owe her a lot. If I am still alive, then I owe her my life..."

David relaxed."She has an egg. From before the cataclysm. It must hatch and begs you to allow its child to have the same rights as any other child and to be able to have a normal life with humans, to have a happy and free childhood."

Mars: "This is incredible! Is she here?"

David took a yellow shirt and threw it towards the jungle.The next moment, a 25-meter long snake came out of the thick jungle and flew into the air.

I saw some towers of the marina and landed near the pontoon, on the sand.

Mars rose up.

David: "Hello Poisse!"

"HELLO DAVID, SUZANNE AND MR. MARS."

They approached me and touched me to realize that I really existed. Although they were used to it, they were no less terrified.

Mars: "You look wise and kind, we will protect you and your egg. Thank you for saving us all. But I have a question. Did you eat the missing soldiers?"

"No, it's horrible to eat human flesh, I'm human too!"

The governor smiled and patted me on the shoulder.

I said: "The war is horrible but I have family and friends to defend and I love my city and my village and all the citizens who live there are like family to me.

We went back to the table and I was still waiting in a dragon's tail for the tuna to be served.

Philippe arrived and cried "Poisse" and he jumped on me. After a cheek to cheek hug he asked "Are you coming for a swim?"

.David: "Philippe: Do you know Monsieur Mars?"

"Yes, hello Mr. Mars, but every time I see Poisse, we get excited."

Mars, looking at David "They seem to get along well."

"Yes, they were scared the first time, blackmailed, a joke.."

Philip: "She demanded giant waffles or else she'd come and get us at home. We were all very scared and we looted the candies..."

He almost said too much but stopped in time.

Me : "It's true that they were good, so why not ask for more?"

Mars "And what do you like miss Poisse? "

"Everything but the spicy, I have curry and pepper, but the chili, not too hot, I have an overdeveloped sense of taste."

Suzanne: "Ahhh, finally the meal!"

We served everyone plates and I had a big stainless steel dish. We also put raw vegetables and seasoned my share

.Unlike the animals that eat with their mouths in the bowl, I lifted my dish and poured the food into the mouths as I went along.

The governor was truly astonished to see such a well-educated creature.

"My dear, you'll have to come to the barracks. You will be introduced to the police, military and firefighters. That way, we'll avoid accidents when you want to go into town without having to hide."

Mars: "I still can't believe it... It's fantastic!"

David: "You have to look out for your own interests and your child's interests...".

Mars: "THERE'S A BABY DRAGON????"

Excited!

Then he sits down. "I see... but sooner or later people will come to see you, Poisse and you won't always be able to hide. There are too many humans and with smartphones... not easy to keep a secret but we'll do what we have to do on our side."

Then he thinks: "There's nothing like a dragoness to make the mother obey... "

They have to be hidden. But sometimes people saw the dragon roaming and flying and the messages on the internet were raining.

My egg was well guarded but I felt a danger and so I didn't want to take any risks, I just brought it home.I did not meet the cousin anymore, because sometimes the men from Viseron would come and turn everything upside down and ransack her house.

I wouldn't know how to face her. I couldn't face her now. But with my magic now and access to the darkness I could defeat the bastard or at least give him a masterful dressing-down.

After all, it was Mark's job to punish him. If I killed him (Viseron), they would blame me. I am no longer a snake but a dragon and proud of it.

I was no longer afraid and one by one on a beautiful afternoon, I settled down on the main beach, enjoying the sun.

Tourists and people were scared to death and did not dare to go to the beach or swim. They were in dense crowds hidden behind the walls and corners of the main street.

I was good and for once I was proud of who I was. Journalists came running but were terrified of my size. They then approached by helicopter and the whole city was humming around me like a beehive. The police were trying to calm the crowd, which was torn between fear, terror and curiosity.

I heard Dany and the others arrive by zodiac, the access to the beach being impossible and the terrorized people were afraid for the teenagers, my friends.

"My God, they are going to be eaten! "

"What a monster! "

"Did you see the size of it? His jaws must be terrible."

"Mamaan,,, I'm afraid of the dragon!!!! it's going to devour us all, huh?"

And it didn't stop. It was getting on my nerves. Now I understand why dragons were freaking out with humans. Dany approached me and the crowd yelled

"Run away! nooo don't come any closer!"

But Dany was facing my face and he fell on the ground, knocked down by my long viper tongue."

I love you, Dany...!

Everyone heard the dragon speak...

people said "He said I love you?? to the boy?"

Dany stood up and gave me a hug to the cheeks and I had a hug, in the arms of my friends. They sat against me and on my tail, turning their backs to the crowd. I was looking at the sea but I was stressed. Suddenly the crowd moved silently towards me and hundreds of hands touched me.

It tickled all over but I had to endure. They were also my friends, my acquaintances and in the city, everyone knew each other.

Then Philippe, Rudy and Jasmine shouted to give me my space... That I also had the right to enjoy the beach.

Surprisingly, the crowd accepted and the beach, that day was crowded.

Everyone wanted to have their selfies and I let them. What was the point?

If it would make them happy. I'm glad!

Then Dany had the idea to make a sand castle. It clicked and a black excavator went to work and I managed to make a dragon cave but as I was clumsy, it collapsed on me and I was buried in the sand.

Like an earthquake, I came out of it and plugged the huge holes and then, to get rid of the sand, I entered the waves and submerged myself.

People rushed into the water to swim with me and I served as a lifeline because some had not considered the currents and the distance.

They shouted "thank you, thank you Mr. Dragon!"

"POISSE! MY NAME IS POISSE AND I'M A DRAGON!"

They apologized and my friends ran on my back, not submerged but undulating with the waves. They were having fun but other children were also coming to play.

I said goodbye to the crowd and took off.

When I arrived in Lyon, Viseron weighed and found footprints in the grass.

"Poisse! it's you! I can feel your magic! You've evolved a lot...! You look more beautiful.... something has changed!!"Then he bit his paw... "Why her? How can I make her my female? She must hate me with all her strength... " then he called Moranus "Say, with the time machine, I can't be stopped from killing Poisse so she'll fall in love with me?"by phone: "I already told you... you can't change cause and effect!""What if I force it?"

"You shall not move... It is fixed!" Besides, you've sealed destiny for 10,000 years. Or maybe it's Bishop... You will not be able to change anything because of your actions or they are in the future."

"Then this machine is useless!"

"Yes, if the future is not certain!"

He felt depressed.

Then, on the tablet, he received a piece of information... "Live from Pondicherry..."