I was exhausted and Bichnine covered my head and neck with blankets and her husband too.

It would be a matter of days or hours or years...

I would wake up the next day... It was Saturday morning. I would have to go home and rest again so that I wouldn't have to sleep in class the next day or have to sleep in my abyss.

Yes, I'll do that. I'm going to go home and sleep in the abyss to recuperate.

Dany phoned me: "Are you okay, Sylvia? How are your plans going?"

"I don't know, it's complicated but Bishop is gonna help me."

"Dany, be careful, he's an old man."

"He knows what he's doing."

"Be careful. Kisses, I love you".

"Me too Dany... I'm going to rest a little bit in..."

Dany : "In what???? Yes??"

Shit... Fuck... of brains...

I started crying about my stupidity...

"Sylvia??? Sylvia??? don't hang up!"

"This is my shadow dimension... Between here and India... I can rest there I'm exhausted..."

"But what have you done????"

"I've cured Bishop... To give him a little more strength. He blames himself for the slaying of the dragons. He has a solution, but not enough time. So I'm giving him time. "

"Okay, you're nice and we all trust you. Come on, kisses, I love you!"

We hung up at the same time and I staggered. Suddenly, I slumped in my own shadow and returned to a "nest" in the darkness. A hidden corner, tight as a bubble, in which I took refuge from time to time.

Candles that littered the ground and kept me company and gave me some light in all this darkness.

Then I fainted to recover.

In the meantime, too deeply drowsy (another stupidity on my part) I did not hear the creaking.

The Labyrinth was coming back to "life". The corridors changed, the walls slipped and the floors changed.

The octahedron began to rotate again and the 5 others appeared.

Their beams converged and a hidden, forbidden space appeared.

The idol rose from the ground and lava and blood began to flow.

At home, mom was worried. Even though I had slept 24 hours in my abyss, one or two minutes more was what was happening but I was 24 hours late.

Dany was there.

Mom was explaining to him how the mirror worked.

All of a sudden, he realized how dangerous I was and what a potential monster I was. I was a shark, no, a megalodon that surfed under the ocean of darkness. I could emerge from any shadow. It was crazy.

I woke up and the din of the Gooongs of the 6 octahedrons resounded and scared me.

Then, by instinct, I approached the black beams that swept this infernal dimension.

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From time to time, flashes of energy hit certain places and one of them went crashing near me.

Everything was smoking and I approached.

I saw the four lifeless heads of Blanche, Tiamat the bad one.

The heads had dead white eyes, their tongues out, but still in good condition.

The Idol, the Pinnacle of horror. I saw it as a column rising towards the sky, stairs upside down, probably to follow the knots and loops of gravity. The top and the bottom no longer made sense. But my animal instincts did not lie to me while my human senses did. I flew randomly through this tangle of twisted and compressed shapes, walls and structures.

From a massive staircase ending in a needle cat and then back again in an indefinite twist. It was hell, My Abyss was connected to an infernal zone. I was no longer waiting for demons to appear and revengeful ghosts to appear. I was a powerful dragon but I was scared like a little girl. Embarrassment.

Then, bathed in a fountain of blood, I saw the severed heads of Tiamat. The white, pale eyes and the elongated necks seemed, how shall I say, they seemed freshly cut, as if it were a moment.

In my opinion it was a trap, but I had to be sure. It was Tiamat the bad one, only the white head had survived. As for me, marc had been able to transform her, to give her back the love she probably never had, but the little we knew of each other, she was a friend.

She too was sacrificed. Murdered by her executioners. Poor Blanche. But here were her heads. What if she becomes mean to her heads again? No, it's up to me to help her. She also has the right to a second chance. I say: "Please, Tiamat, but I will help you. I will get you out of here! I touched the heads with the tips of my claws, as if they were real, but I was walking in blood. Whose blood was it? Before I realized it, chains with hooks caught me and nailed me to the idol.

MPPHHHH, I couldn't move.

The pain THE PAINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The hooks went under my scales and I was bleeding. I had the strength to open my mouth, while tearing my muzzle "Help! A MMOIIII!MAMAAAAAN!!"

I cried, I asked for forgiveness.

I begged, but the hooks were tightening.

Then, suddenly, the heads, skewered on chopsticks, were planted at the base of my neck.

NOOOONNNOOOOOOOOO

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It was atrocious.

Mom in the living room heard my screams and pleas through the mirror. But...

But grunts like that of a tiger or nightmarish beasts were sliding down the wall of the mirror, forbidding access or else they would be shredded.

Mom put her ear against the mirror and the hound screamed, growled and scraped the mirror on the other side.

Rosette slid along the mirror.

"My poor little one, I've lived too long."

MPppfhhMppppppHHHDOuleur. (PAIIIIINNNN)

I could feel the bones merging. I could feel the nerves sore from death waking up. The pain was excruciating. I could feel the tainted blood returning to my body to be recycled. Then I vomited, spat and bubbles came out of my mouth like rage. My tears were blood. I cried about the injustice.

I had been bad in the past but I had done everything to repent, I even died twice in the meantime. Did I still have to pay? My strength failed me and I collapsed, supported by the chains and hooks that were lacerating me. There were dozens of them. I slowed down and I felt that I was going to die again, once more, once too many times.

My last thoughts went to Dany, Mom, Victoria.Yes... Victoria... I have to fight.

No... no... I don't want to die. I don't want to die. Not now...

Han, one last effort. But I was fainting. Moments later, I woke up. The idol was gone, the chains too. It was a nightmare? There were no traces, no blood, nothing...

I felt my neck and I had nothing... just a phantom pain like when you wake up from a nightmare.

"MOTHER!" I ran through the labyrinth but the six octahedrons were still moving. Nightmare or not? I had to get out as soon as possible! And when I arrived in front of the square that gave onto the corridor towards the house, the hospital and the mirror, I was already looking forward to going out and finding mine.

When I arrived above the square, I put myself in the landing position but suddenly gravity crushed me like a pancake on the ground. I was attacked with a gravity spell but it was powerful. Only a dragon could do this to me.

I bit the dust and my cheeks were bleeding a little inside I was stunned. I turned around and I saw in all its splendor, TIAMAT.

But one detail did not escape me: it was not Tiamat the bad, but another, a conqueror. Immediately I thought of the Gman.

"The great hunt" That was what he was talking about. This typical grunt like a dragon organ shivered me and I escaped from the area and I wanted to escape through the gate. But the huge 5-headed dragon that must have been at least 5 to 6 times my size crushed the hallway with a swipe of its tail, trapping me.

There was scree. Only a human could pass through, but with such a monster...GRRRRRRRRRRR.

(Tiamat the Obsidian): ARRHH... A Snake!" I thought they were all dead! I will have the pleasure of destroying the last one and savour their delicate flesh!..."

Gloups!

This monster could hold me between his two palms.

"Little Snake, it's no use hiding... I'll find you wherever you are, wherever you go..."

Me: "Bishop... yes... go back there! "

The giant was surprised that I was going in another direction. I started to fly by passing under arches and bridges and corridors just my size but the colossus was breaking everything in its path.

This way, I saved a little time. Then I heard crying. I let myself fall and I saw a little girl who must have been about 6 years old, a teddy bear and ... clap, she ended up in my claws".

Shhh, I won't hurt you!"

The child calmed down and looked at the labyrinth from above. Tiamat looked in a different direction and landed a few hundred meters away, looking for me.

Like a snake, I sneaked into the deep areas of the labyrinth and arrived in a room lit by torches, torchlight. On either side were dungeons and medieval instruments of torture. There was straw and I picked up a pile and put the girl in it, in a cell.

I kept the door open and gave the key to the girl.

"Hide here!"

The five-headed dragon moved away a little and I could whisper with the child.

"I'm not going to eat you. My name is Sylvia, they called me Poisse." I wanted to change back, but I couldn't.

"What's your name?"

"Obsi!.... "

" What are you doing in this dangerous place?"

Obsi: "I fell into a hole and I was here. The hole was at the bottom of my bed."

"I'm a girl like you but I can't manage to become human again, I don't understand... It's as if the magic is over."

"I'm scared. You're tall and dark. Why don't you attack me?"

"Why would I hurt you? I have a human family and a mommy who loves me. I also have a sweet boy who loves me, who I love above all else."

Obsi: "And does he know that you are a dragon?"

"Of course... at first he was very scared when I made him make me waffles and looted the candy store. Wait, maybe I still have some candy in my purse."

And I gave Obsi the best candy chew I had. A rainbow. The child was busy and I listened to the monster's footsteps. We would have a little respite.

Listen, Obsi...climb on my back when you feel ready, we'll try to get out of here without being noticed. Where do you live? Where's your mommy?"

My mommy was eaten by a snake. Say, are you going to eat me like my mommy too?"

"But you're crazy!... I would never do that! I'm going to be a mommy too and if you want, you can come and live with me! We have a house in a zoo with lots of animals... You'll see it's nice and I have lots of friends."

The little girl fell silent. I looked after the monster but he was no longer there.

"Obsi?? Osbi? Are you all right?" but the little girl had disappeared. Only the teddy bear was left. Shit! I started frantically looking for the child. I couldn't leave her in that hellhole with that monster.

Then I whispered: "OBSIIIII, come on! I swear, I didn't lie!" But silence.

I was sad for the child. I went from one corridor to the other, but the labyrinth was infinite, and, deprived of my powers, it was impossible for me to find her.

I ended up sniffing, sniffing her trace but she was heading towards the monster. Too bad, she's a child too! Then I heard my name screaming.

"SYLVIAAAA!"

"Sylviaaa, Pooooiiissse! It's me Dany!"

Oh no! Not Dany, he's getting the monster's attention!

FLAP FLAP, I heard in the distance. Never mind, I have to protect Dany. I flew away shouting at Obsi but no answer except a little childish laughter.

Phew, I see Dany waving at me. But what does he mean? Behind me? BLAM; I received a scratch in the back and I crashed in another place, surrounded by columns and arcades. Aye. Then, suddenly, the pressure... Tiamat was with her front paw crushing my head and neck. "I have finally caught you, snake!"

" Mercy!, Tiamat!!!, I didn't do anything to you!.... There is a child here and a human, please don't eat them! "She pressed even harder.

"Nice try, snake! All snakes are monsters! I tracked them all down and exterminated them. You are one of the last."

"I don't want to die. Please, I'll do whatever you want."

"It's the same every time. They implore their executioner but were deaf to the laments of their victims."

I cried. "I have a child, have mercy, Lord Tiamat."

Tiamat: "Ohhh, how touching...you are going to make me cry with your lies.

But I am hungry and I see that you have worked well. You have become a candidate for the great hunt. A new Tiamat. Just having a Tiamat sister impersonated by a snake makes me vomit."

Me: "Who are you?"

"Before you die, you will know that I am Obsidian. I am the infernal judge of dragons and as I come to explore this world, I have not seen any dragons alive. Except you, as by Hazard, and a snake in addition! Don't tell me that you are not responsible...I also have access to your karma.

Wow, a devoted servant of Othar.

Bad luck...that's as far as she went. One of the heads got down to my level. "Through the back or through the head?"

Ouinn." I begged. I didn't want to die.

But Tiamat opened his mouth wide and pushed me towards the infernal jaws.

All of a sudden, a stone hit the monster's head.

"Don't touch my friend!"

And Dany put himself between Tiamat's head and me, who was trembling.

The monster stood up.

"Are you a slave to the serpent? I will free you from his shackle in a moment."

But Dany clung to my snout.

"If she must die, I'm going with her!"

Tiamat stood up: "I love your bravery, little man."

YOU, the young man, explain it to me. Who are you and what are you doing here?

Besides, you have no business being here!"

"I am Dany. I am Poisse's boyfriend. And no one and you can't hurt her!"

"And why are you tied to a snake? Aren't you afraid it will devour you one day?"

"No, it's Sylvia. She goes to school with us and we are all her friends. We know she's a dragon, but she's sweet and kind. Later she'll be my wife!"

"Don't you know her past with Othar? Dracula?"

"Yes, she has told us everything. She died twice and now she's Sylvia, a human. But her dragon body came back! She can't help it. She's paid enough."

"I'm sorry, Dany, but she's too dangerous. She's no longer a dragon but a hydra like me. She's going to have powers that will corrupt her and I'm doing you a favor. She will have a short and painless death because at least one person loves her.

Then, to her great surprise, a woman arrived and ran against Poisse.

"Mommy? Run away. She'll tear you to pieces.!"

Rosette, took her courage and went with Dany. "Neither you nor anyone else will hurt my little Sylvia."

Tiamat was shocked... A snake that has a human family that cares about her? It was the first time. I was sobbing but my neck hurt. Tiamat: "Look, this is the transformation that is happening. The longer I wait, the harder it will be to put her to death."

Dany: "I know, you want her powers, you want to pump her life and mana for your hydrous war. But Poisse is not like that. She just wants to live in peace with us and raise her child. Victoria!

Tiamat: "Give me a reason, just one reason to spare her."

Dany : "The egg has to hatch and it needs its mother to be born, it needs its mana."

"Tiamat: "Do you know about the other dragons that have died? Have you taken them into account?"

Dany: She died trying to save them! Yes she is responsible because she wasn't fast enough and she was slain by the time master."

Tiamat hesitated, "But if She is calm and kind, her child may become a monster too! Who is the father? You, perhaps? "

The pressure was terrible. I had a judge from hell in front of me.

"Please, don't hurt mommy or Dany."

"You- shut up!" she growled. I insisted: "It's Oriharukon!"

Tiamat was startled when he heard this name. "You'd better not be lying!" Where are the dragons? Where's Mark? Oriharukon?"

Dany interrupted the goddess: "She's been trying to bring them back for years. I'm even afraid that one day she might abandon me for a dragon. But I love her and I will do everything I can for her.

"Tiamat crossed her arms."

Sorry, I misjudged you, but this is the first time I've seen a snake living with humans."

Me: "It's Marc who gave me a second chance... He's the first one who gave me love."

Without realizing it, I had become a little tiamat.

Tiamat: "What am I going to do with you? You are 80% of the evil tiamat that I swore to exterminate. What happened?"