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Chapter 6

The next day both Charlie and Emily were a little out of it during the hunt for untagged dragons. For the first time in years Charlie called a halt to the day early went no one was even hurt. He knew that Emily needed some alone time before they talked that night. A little bit before sunset Emily came to get Charlie and they headed off on their walk.

"So you said you would tell me what's been bothering you lately." he whispered as soon as they were out of sight of the camp.

"Actually I'm going to show you, then I can answer your questions later. If you still want to talk to me at all and don't just hate me for the rest of your life."

"I could never hate you."

"Charlie will you give me one last kiss tonight?" She looked at him begging him to still love her.

"You're not a Death Eater are you?" He asked suddenly unsure about what he was getting into.

"No, of course not." Emily was a little shocked that he would ever think that.

"Then it won't be a 'last' kiss." he said as he bent down to kiss her trembling lips. "Whatever is going on we will work it out together."

"We will see." Emily said as she led him to a clearing, Daisy and Kelly were already waiting on her arrival. The girls were both wearing a belly dancing outfit each in shades of red. Emily quickly transfigured her outfit to match. "Will you sit here and just watch, you can ask all the questions you'd like later." Charlie just nodded as he stared at her new outfit and the Chinese Fireball tattoo it revealed. Emily quickly walked to other side of the clearing to join her sisters.

The girls arranged themselves in a circle, then they raised their arms above their heads and looked to the sky. The stars shone on them as they began to move their hips seductively. With each twist, turn and thrust the girls made Charlie felt himself becoming more and more aroused. He had never seen anything so beautiful or seductive as the dance that was unfolding before him. Not even when his brother Bill dragged him to a Egyptian brothel all those years ago. He noticed that the tattoo on each girl was also dancing a strange counterpoint to the moves they were making. The girls traveled in a circle dancing all the while but their tattoos traveled opposite them dancing an animalistic version of the same dance. Soon the circle broke each girl dancing into a different corner of the clearing. Emily approached Charlie hips swaying in a way that made his mouth go dry. He could only wonder why she thought her dancing would push him away when he had never wanted to be so close to her as he felt now. The moon rose in the clearing the light touched Emily. Suddenly her tattoo seamed to swallow her up, in Emily's place stood a living breathing Chinese Fireball. Steam was coming out of her nostrils as she looked at Charlie. He had fallen off the rock at her sudden transformation. He looked to the other two girls for an explanation but all he saw was two more Fireballs flying away. Turning back to the Dragon in front of him, he peered closer at its face. Its eyes looked worried, afraid but why in the world would any dragon be afraid of a single wizard. It finally clicked in his head this was not how a dragon acted.

"Emily?" Charlie started "How… Why…How long have you been a dragon?" He nervously ran his hand through his hair. "This is … Wow! I can't believe it. This is so cool. You've got to tell me everything, and this doesn't change anything between us. I still love you." He had gotten closer to her as he talked and now he touched her shoulder rubbing the scales and marveling in the texture of her skin. She nodded to him to get on her back as soon as he settled she launched herself skyward. They flew for most of the night. Occasionally you could hear his whoop of delight at the sensation of flying with her beneath him.