Easter vacations. Generalized thaw and snow still on the tops.

Maryse had her molts and it was terrible the first time: "I am burned!"

But no, silly, we moult like that our scales are always well aligned. You should eat your skins again, that way you get back the lost calcium!

Maryse: "You're really a wild animal."

Ben. "Yes!!!!"

Maryse: "argghh!"

The girls said the guys: "can you take the equipment upstairs? we're going to do base jumping!"

Me:" is that good?"

Joe: "you do it every day! look at me "

and he jumped from the top of the mountain into the void. I was about to jump to save him when he deployed fins on his legs and arms and started to fly with the acquired speed.

"Wow, the courage" I exclaimed!

"Maryse, do like him, you will perfect your flight " and Maryse did the same and followed without too much trouble the course of our friends, all the others did the same!

When we arrived at the bottom, I found it amusing and I suggested to them, I'll bring you up?

It was an unforgettable day and our friendship deepened.

We shared our exploits on social networks and Maryse and I had our own online account with dedicated blog and website.

Many fans wanted to see the two dragons and I got lots of offers to go out with Maryse. Boyfriends were everywhere but it was mostly about Maryse because she was more naive and I didn't want a human as a guy but the beautiful dragon in the picture.

The zoologist asked me some details, not about my non-existent sex life, but about my preferences and he was not surprised that I dreamed of a strong and kind, proud, intelligent and gentle dragon who could fulfill my fantasies. That I dreamed of being able to present him to my moms.

One day, Maryse and I were summoned to Geneva for clarification of our human rights because some ethics groups were against our being recognized as humans when we were dragons and our powers were scary.

But we were the ones who were terrorized.

In front of a large assembly we were asked to stand on the stage and we were both afraid.

Olson: " Don't be afraid my children, come and be sincere."

I was in human form and Maryse was in half-dragon, dressed elegantly and we both hugged each other in front of these hundreds of people. We had tears in our eyes.

One of them spoke up.

Maryse and Obsidian, before speaking we would like to know what you think at this moment!

I answered:" We are afraid!"

Politician: "No, don't worry, we won't hurt you."

"First of all I would like to congratulate Professor Chardon, an eminent zoologist, for his documentary on his study of dragons. He is present and will give some conclusions to the audience."

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Chardon:

"I thank Obsidian and Maryse and their mother for cooperating on this study. It goes without saying that at the end we have more questions, more and more. Their life is extraordinary and in no way do I see any animal in them, they are sensitive, intelligent beings, who have the notion of good and evil and are altruistic like humans. Apart from their different scales and appendages, they have a culture similar to our ancestors, a rich language, even richer than we have, given their flight, and their powers are natural adaptations to the conditions of their environment.

Namely their breath. According to my studies, it is not a weapon to attack but a natural means of hygiene, to kill by cooking parasites, bacteria as well as to sterilize wounds, caves and use fire and smoke like our ancestors. The poisons generated are powerful but require a very long synthesis time. The poison in their tail is atropine and is used to defend themselves against a powerful enemy. The remedy is in their saliva which contains adrenaline. Any doctor or pharmacy has this product and I am sure they will keep a bottle of antidote with them now that they know. Just in case of an accident. By the way, you can see that underneath her fancy jewelry that embellishes Maryse's tail you can see that she has a protective sheath to avoid any accident. A contamination like in the horror movies about werewolves and zombies are unlikely and impossible with only the saliva or her venom that saved her little sister. Living together and sharing hormones were necessary, love and a lot of Chi, life force were necessary. We tried her venom on guinea pigs and volunteers and after some tentative transformations, the process was reversed and people became normal again. But some irreversible lesions could be healed. So it's not really a poison but a remedy."

Politician: "But then why go for a complete transformation and not just a partial one as you say?"

Chardon:" We were in a hurry. We didn't know anything at the time. And Maryse's injuries were fatal. It was the end of her."

Politician: "Obsidian, tell me why you turned your little sister?"

Me: "I couldn't live without her! I already lost my mom and Lucy would have been the unhappiest mom in the world and then I'm happy as a dragon and I live as a human here and I'm happy with my family. And living as a dragon is not really a handicap."

"Maryse, since you are a dragon, compared to your life before :"

"First I don't know how to thank my big sister who saved my life twice. Once on the plane and now on the sidewalk. I can live and my life can go on, I still have my family, my friends and my hobbies.

At first it was hard but Obsi reeducated me, to walk like a dragon, the tail was horrible and then the wings, I mixed my hands with my wings. then I learned to swim, then to fly and finally to fish. Now I'm base jumping with my friends from Zurich and I learned German.

We finished our exams and we are going to retho and we just passed with all the delay due to the accident."

Politician :"I see you got your French back."

A Politician opposing the dragons spoke up:

"Maryse, you've lost your humanity. Being a dragon now, is there anything you miss or regret?

I am happy but.."

The politician interrupted: "Are you still Maryse or a draconic copy? What proves that you are you and not replaced?"

Maryse: "That's a tough question. I remember the pain of the accident and the pain of the transformation and it was horrible but I didn't fall asleep, I was in pain. and I remember everything I think. but I do regret a little bit my nails and my eyes, I feel like I have headlights and I can see all the time in the dark and I'd like to get this tail and these horns and these wings back and finally sleep on my back. And also now I snore!"

Politician: "what do you find better in a dragon?"

" I am alive and more than ever alive and that's the main thing, the rest is only accessory but flying is great and I'm not afraid of the void anymore. We fly in the mountains and we do extreme sports with my friends."

Polititien : "what do you use your dragon's breath for?"

Mostly to make ice cream or to freeze meat, to freeze ponds for skating or snowball fights. And when it's too hot to bring down the temperature, it's a big air conditioner.

"And you Obsidian?"

"Same thing, except I can cook and light a fire but it gives me bad breath and I never use it."

Politician: "We are opposed but we have nothing against you, Miss. But we are afraid!

You are two lovely young girls and well-educated dragons, but imagine the havoc that criminal dragons could wreak? not to mention the fact that with the population growing, the threat would increase!

Take your dragon mom for example, the Russians have reported that she is angry and extremely dangerous to the point that they have to gas her to calm her down!"

Me:" if you bothered to translate with the dictionary, she talks! then she is tortured and alone, isolated. Anyone would be desperate and angry. She needs to make peace with men.

That's why I'm working to get a degree and be a guard. I'll be my mom's keeper and she'll never dare to lay a finger on me! And there's no better way to make her love men again. I might even be able to make her become human. I'll do everything I can to do that!"

Politician :" That's all very nice, but how would you do it in practice?"

Me: "I will build a chalet in the mountains, in valleys without humans. And in the chalet, human facilities. Friends would come to stay and hunt with us and little by little she would get used to living in society again. But for now, she has no chance and is locked in a horrible cage. It could have been me if I didn't have Lucie, my human mother."

Politician: "and let loose in the wild, would you go back to the wild?"

Me:" Are you kidding?

Never, I love human life too much, friends, school, clothes, going out, shopping, movies, internet, YouTube and Facebook.

NEVER NEVER."

Well, says the politician, "you win a point but your powers make the difference, right? Would you give up your powers to stay human?"

"I'd do anything for it, sir! At least for Maryse and Mom!"

"Well, you can go, thank you"

Thus, the European Parliament judged the case closed and Maryse and I were able to keep our rights which were being questioned and my last sentence was scathing: They tell me that I have human rights and then they threaten to take them away from me, for you it is a given but for us it is hard to live with a sword of Damocles. Do you have to live from day to day, fearing that every morning you can go to the zoo on a whim of a man who had a vision at night?

To celebrate this we went to a disco and at the same time we celebrated the end of the exams.