I think I've never seen a fic about the Mecha-Drago's story, and being one of the most interesting creatures in the game it totally deserves something. The story will cover from the point this chapter starts to the end of chapter 1 in the game... And yes, I named a few of the Dragos.

I remember that morning with great memory. The sun was still rising: I could hear a waterfall at the distance, cliff down. Several kinds of birds fought over who was the best singer. It was a soothing moment to hear them taking turns and playing all type of melodies. And even though the heat of the sun was perfect, Maar and I decided to stay under the shadow of a cliff behind us. She was still weak and tired from the recent birth of our baby Drago, Vidri. She was happy, nonetheless; and watching Vidri playing with butterflies, insects, and any other thing that moved provoked a good mood to Maar.

Verdeth, the Drago with whom I grew, had brought his baby Drago as well. I had invited him to join us, and let our baby Dragos play together, along with kids. He declined with a "thanks", for he thought he would better use that day to teach him about the surroundings. His dragonet was younger than Vidri, so I found his reason acceptable. He stayed with his family at the other side of this part of the mountain.

I would have enjoyed a day of resting–since for the last week I have been in charge of the food and any other necessity we required–but today was an important day for Vidri. Alec, the man that lived not far from here had his grandsons visiting him, and mentioned they were going to come to meet Vidri for the first time. I had to teach Vidri about humans.

"Vidri, come here!" I called him.

Vidri was squatting on the ground, silently observing a butterfly feeding itself from a flower. My voice, however, frightened the butterfly away. He made a low growl–the equivalent to a human sigh–as the insect flew to a farther flower, out of Vidri's reach. When he lost the sight of it he hurried over where I was. "I was watching a butterfly!" he whined. "And you made it fly away!"

"Yeah, sorry, you can find another one when I tell you something very important." At the mention of the word "important" his small ears perked up and his eyes grew bigger. "Remember when I told you about the humans? And they were going to visit us to play."

Vidri took a second to recall said information. "Yes, I do."

"Well, they will come at some time today."

"Will I ha-have to fight them?" he asked.

I found his question cute and important to answer, too. "No, of course no," I made an emphasis there. "Remember, son, humans will never harm you. They are kind creatures."

Vidri listened attentively as his curiosity on the humans seemed to grow.

"In fact, my friend Alec will bring his two grandsons. And guess what?" I leaned forward making a low growl to let him know I was happy.

"What, what? Tell me," asked his young and playful voice.

"Those two kids love to play. They love insects and running around just like you."

"That is great!" he said.

"However, they are small and fragile," I changed my tone to a more serious one. "They are not Dragos, a simple excessive blow can hurt them more than you can imagine."

He formed a silent "oh" and nodded.

"You will have to treat them like…" I searched for the correct word, one he could understand. "Like butterflies, kids are as fragile as butterflies."

"Okay, I will be careful when playing with them."

"And you should not make loud noises or growl at them," said Maar, who was lying on the ground beside me.

"They will react like the butterfly."

"The butterfly you scared…"

"They also like to play-fight," I recalled that was their favorite game; mostly Claus, the red-haired's favorite game.

"So, I will have to fight them after all," said Vidri.

"No, no. It's like we fake fighting…" It was hard to explain, maybe I can show him. "I will give you a demonstration when they are here."

"Good."The noise of a couple of rabbits playing attracted Vidri's attention. He glanced behind him where the rabbits were. "Can I go?"

"Yes." He got ready to chase the rabbits and hopefully join their game, but I had one more thing to say. "Wait! Remember, they are my friends, and so they will be yours. They only want to play so, give them what they want."

Vidri spent the rest of the noon playing with everything he could find. Maar and I just watched him, amazed by his hyperactivity.

It was when the sun closed its highest point in the sky that I heard a pair of human voices. Alec and Claus, his grandson, entered walking into the plateau. When Vidri first spotted them he rushed to my side, expecting me to tell him something, I guess.

Alec and Claus halted in front us, and said, "Claus, you surely you remember Drago and Maar."

When we first met, Alec never called me by my name. There was no way he could figure it out, so he stuck with a boring name invented by him. The brothers were still learning how to talk and I remember one of the few words they knew was Drago. They were so fascinated when they first saw me that they didn't take time to learn Alec's invented name. In the end the kids grew up calling me by the name they liked: Drago; and everyone else got used to call me like that as well.

"Of course I do!" Claus beamed at us, "I'm so happy to see you again, Dragos."

I gave Vidri a slight poke in his back to introduce him to Alec's grandson.

"And this little one…" said Alec, kneeling to his grandson's height, "Is called Vidri." How did he know his name? I was astonished as to know they knew Maar's name, but I thought of it as a coincidence. But Vidri? The only humans that know his name are those who call themselves Magypsies. Since I met them, they have showed an excellent communication with us. They were the ones who taught me how to understand they language. Maybe they were Alec's friends.

To acknowledge Alec's words I made a low growl.

He took one step toward Vidri and looked at me, as if asking me if he could get close. I growled again, positive to his action.

"This is my grandson, Vidri; he is called Claus, would you like to play with him?"

My son turned to me. "What did he say?"To the humans, however, Vidri just roared. They possibly knew we were communicating, though.

"His grandson's name is Claus, and if you want to play with him."

"Yeah," he said. "I think… I do." Vidri made a gesture humans would have treated as a smile. Vidri started running around Claus. The small human followed the game and started chasing Vidri in no time.

"I will stay here, if you don't mind, Drago," said Alec, taking a sit in a rock nearby. "My daughter and grandsons are leaving soon and I want to make the most out of this time left."

I took a moment to understand the words before growling in a friendly way. Maar, Alec and I stood there, watching our descendants having fun as the time went on.

The sun was already past the top of the sky. Vidri and Claus were lying on the ground watching the flying creatures passing by. It truly amazed me how two utterly different species could get along so well without any exchange of words–at least any exchange of words that the other could understand.

All of a sudden Claus sat up, it attracted Vidri's attention. "I know! I will go for Lucas, then the three of us can play with your dad!"

Vidri stood up and tilted his head, probably wondering what his new friend had just said. I decided to make that clear for my son, "He said he is going to bring his brother to play."

Claus didn't wait for an answer; he sprang to his feet and dashed away, toward Alec's house probably.

Vidri stayed at the same spot for a brief moment until he decided to go and drink water from a puddle nearby.

The kid didn't take much. He came back running. "Luke is coming!" he told Vidri.

Vidri seemed to understand the idea of the last sentence, so I decided not to translate this time.

"Drago, Drago!" shouted Claus, approaching me. "Can we play-fight before Lucas comes? I want to show him how stronger I have gotten."

"Go and have fun," said Maar–with humor in her tone–who still lay on the cold but comfortable ground at the foot of the cliff.

I roared in a low volume accepting the kid's request.

"Awesome," he said. He turned to Vidri and spoke. "Let me do a couple of rounds, then we can play!"

"He said he will play with you after we show you," I told Vidri. He understood and gave me a nod, accompanied by a roar that shared delight.

I walked up to Claus to begin our game. I left a great shadow over the little kid and, while any other human would've run, he stood stood straighter, raising his small fists.

"Check this out, Vidri!" said Claus with an uncontrollable grin. "Ready, Drago?"

I nodded to Claus.

Claus planted his palms on the ground, setting himself ready to run and took a deep breath. He said at last, "Here I go!"

Claus dashed toward me at full speed. He lowered his shoulder and rammed into my exposed stomach. I made sure I didn't put much resistance, that way he couldn't be harmed by my rough hide. Claus stepped back once I let out a loud cry–which they knew it was part of the game–, and then I fell on my side. I opened one eye to see Claus satisfied with his demonstration and I rose again, ready to continue playing.

"And that, Vidri, is how you play-fight." Claus walked around Vidri and patted his head. "It's your turn."

Vidri stepped forward and aligned with me. He tried to mirror Claus' position in an amusing way. It was difficult to fix my eyes on Vidri and not make a funny comment at the same time. He growled and dashed. This time around, when he rammed me the strength between Claus and my son was beyond comparison. I held my body against Vidri's the same manner I did with Claus, so I was pushed back just a bit. Still, Iwent along; I cried and collapsed to the ground.

Vidri was just a dragonet but I knew for sure he would grow strong.

Claus and Vidri kept taking turns to play-fight with me. At some point, Claus suggested to play-fight between Vidri and him. I hesitated and agreed repeating to Vidri he had to be very careful. And in spite of Alec and I were different species, I knew through his voice, he was just as nervous I was. We sat alongside each other while the youth ones played. The whole time they played we were uneasy, ready to interfere if needed. However, Vidri followed my recommendations perfectly, and with Claus being careful as well, their playtime was very enjoyable.

Not much time later, Lucas, brother of Claus, came. He walked a bit shyly into the area, probably because of the new Drago, Vidri.

"It was about time, Lucas!" Claus hurried over to Lucas and pushed the boy up to us. Claus introduced Vidri with his two arms opened toward my son, "This is… Vidri! I told you he was cute!"

"Hey, Vidri." Lucas' timid expression soon turned into a smile, "Hello, Drago. Hello, Maar, I missed you!"

Fortunately, Lucas and Claus and their parents have visited Alec since the kids were still babies, and hence they've learned to live around us and neither of them have ever been scared as any other human would.

"Whew, Lucas, I'm beat. I'm sure you wanna play-fight–I've been playing with them all morning. Here, try ramming into Drago."

At the mention of me, I growled. Lucas stood there with a finger in his mouth and the way he looked at me told me he was clueless. Alec noticed this and said, "It's been a long time since Lucas played like this with the Dragos. Lucas! Try to imagine… No, that won't do." He addressed the other kid, "Claus! Show him an example!"

And Claus did as told. He got ready, rammed into me, I fell and Claus grinned.

"Now it's your turn, Lucas!" Alec gave the boy a nod. "Just relax and do it!"

"Ok," Lucas aligned with me and got ready to make his attempt.

Lucas executed it perfectly. Well, almost… I held my body as loose as possible. When the boy hit me, he bounced back a bit; at the point I thought I shall fall, Lucas tripped over something and fell face-first. I did my best to evade crushing the boy and so I smashed the ground just beside him. His shocked face was covered in dirt.

Lucas chuckled nervously, "Heh… Whew… that was close."

I didn't have to interfere much more after that. Claus, Lucas and Vidri kept playing by themselves for quite some time. I remember watching they play energetically for some time, and the next one they stood in a circle observing the ground. It was a mole cricket, who almost seemed as if it was talking with them. I think it almost bit (I don't know exactly what harm these insects could do, though, or if they bite)Claus because he suddenly kicked it away.

Hinawa, mother of Claus and Lucas and daughter of Alec, showed up. As she walked towards us, she glanced back at the ground saying, "I stepped on a mole cricket. I hope it's all right…"

She approached Vidri giving him a gentle smile. "This must be the baby Drago, Claus was talking about."

"His name is Vidri, Mom!" said Claus.

"Well, glad to meet you, Vidri," she petted Vidri, for which he succumbed with a friendly growl. "Congratulations to you two for having such a cute, little Drago."

This time Maar responded with a growl. She was happy to have Alec's family visiting us. It was a long time since they last came.

Then she turned to her family. "Lunch is ready, everyone. I made you your favorite, boys. Omelets!"

"Oh! Lunch, lunch! Omelets!" Claus bounced up and down as he spoke. He was about to run off but he glanced back at us. "Bye Drago, Maar. Let's play some other time, Vidri! See ya!" And with that he was gone.

"It was fun, Drago. See you later, Vidri and Maar," said Lucas and followed his brother.

"Come on, dad," said Hinawa. She leaned closer to us, "I will be sure to bring you something before leaving," she winked and walked away.

"And I will make sure to add some for little Vidri!" Alec scratched Vidri behind his ear and then continued, "Thanks for playing with my boys– Wait…" He looked over to where Claus, Lucas and Hinawa left, "You saved me some Omelets, too? I hope!"

I watched the family until they were gone from my sight and I said, "So, how was it, Vidri?" When I received no response I looked back at Vidri. Of course; he was at the other side playing with Verdeth's baby running about, just as energetically as when he rose this morning.