[ WP ] I was n't sure I would like it at first , but dating a dragon was pretty cool ... Until I had to meet her parents .

`` Why did n't you tell me your mother was Vorlianth, Beast of the White?'' I asked Tavreth breathlessly as I crawled higher up her spine, avoiding her more protruding scales. She raised her wings and flew upwards as I found the right seating place. 
 
 `` Why did n't you ask?'' the dragon answered, bolting through the sky as fast as she could. Tavreth's parents were in hot pursuit, breathing and screeching angered barrages of fire straight at us. 
 
 Here I thought Taverth and I had quite the deal going. I showed her the heart that a mortal can truly possess and she showed me how the world looked from a dragon's eye up above, as well as the ability to love what I was taught and trained by the Scalehunts to despise. 
 
 However, she did n't show me she was the very seed of the dragon I was brought up to aspire vanquishing, and wearing the Scalehunt seal of green and onyx set Vorlianth and her mate of something fierce. 
 
 Much later into the flight, we could still hear dragon calls, but when the got distant to the point of resembling a whisper, we sighed in relief. 
 
 `` We lost them,'' Tavreth huffed. 
 
 `` Great.'' There was an uncomfortably long pause as we flew further north into snowy territory. `` Tavreth,'' I started, `` you think we should take a break?'' 
 
 `` What?'' she said dryly. 
 
 `` I do n't feel exactly comfortable dating you now. By now, Vorlianth has roared my name across the continent and an army of drakes is preparing to chomp me to a morsel.'' 
 
 She scoffed. `` I'm not part of that army.'' 
 
 `` I know, but you could very well be in harm's way if you stay.'' 
 
 `` I can protect you and myself. I go where you go.'' 
 
 I sighed. `` I know, but trust me. There's a lot I and the Scalehunt can handle. We come in numbers in the three digits and they can fend off any attack. It's worked for centuries, so this is just on a slightly higher scale.'' 
 
 She was silent for a while, in deep thought of my assurance, no doubt. To be honest, I needed to be reassured myself as I was n't too confident in my safety. 
 
 `` Alright,'' she responded finally, with a sigh. `` If you say so. But I want us to have a rendezvous at some point in the future.'' 
 
 `` Oh, thank you.'' I sighed and laughed, laying back on her spine. `` I'm so glad you understand. You've made this old elf heart calm.'' Just when I felt the wave of relief wash over me, not a mile from a safe route, at least two dozen dragons circled us, as I predicted -- before blocking Tavreth off. She had no choice but to land on a mountain peak that they hovered above. 
 
 `` Tavreth,'' bellowed one dragon in a booming voice, `` we know how you feel over this waste of skin. But by your nature, you *know* you'll have to relinquish him to us.'' 
 
 `` You will not take him while we breathe!'' She roared. 
 
 `` Oh, we do n't want to take him from you. We have a way of making you hand deliver him to us personally.'' Tavreth and I both look confused until a dragon popped up from behind the one that spoke. 
 
 `` Hello, Elorin.'' The other dragon hovered closer, cocking its head. Those red scales and the large ring on its horn. He looked awful familiar -- like a dragon I met just weeks ago. 
 
 Oh Gods no. They did n't. 
 
 `` Garuga?'' I asked on instinct at recognizing them. Tavreth turned back at me, furrowing her scaled brow. 
 
 `` How do you know Garuga?'' 
 
 `` Uh, not sure.'' Avoiding eye contact with all the dragons around us, I stammered for an explanation. `` I think...'' 
 
 `` We were *acquainted*...'' Garuga had to emphasize that word. Damn him. ``... through Tulvir the Hedonist.'' 
 
 `` You were with Tulvir?!'' Before I could try and open my mouth and explain, Tavreth turned back, fire in her eyes. 
 
 `` You swore -- on your clan's celibacy vow! -- that I was the one dragon in all the land you'd cling to! `` She growled and breathed a heavy gust of wind at me, sending me sliding down her tail and onto the snowdrift at the top of the mountain. The circle of dragons got another member, surrounding only me. 
 
 Well, it serves me right for trying to treat the enemy. I preferred anonymous trysts for a reason.
