Ch 132

Feeling much better, Hanna got up early in the morning. Her bruises were gone and now with unmarked breasts that looked a little fuller now, she wasn't ashamed of showing them. Used to kitchen duty she figured it would be hot in there anyway so she only donned a pair of shorts and the furry feet slippers that had fake claws on them she thought looked cute. She wanted Robert to see how good she looked now.

Robert's house and girlfriends were somewhat strange. Many things here were. A winged woman had come to bring them here, and there was a fish woman who'd come to have Bob help her. She figured that Joan and Allison were another type of monster with how they growled and showed bright red glowing eyes when they were angry. Even with all that growling and glaring, neither one had hurt any of them.

Maybe that's just how they were.

Going out to the kitchen, she turned the magical light on. Despite what Joan called it, it was magic. Getting into the refrigerator, she looked to see they had the eggs in the boxes, but no sausage. There was some in the freezer. She got out a package and put it in the microwave and pressed the button on the upper left. That one was to defrost, she remembered. All the buttons had writing on them, but she couldn't read them. She got out the bread, which came in bags and was already in slices. That was neat! Very handy! Right, she needed butter too. That was in another small tub in the refrigerator.

Making meals here was easy!

While she waited for the sausage to defrost, she took plates and tableware out and made the place settings.

"Ah, morning," a male voice said. It was the tall man, Harry, who was staring at her.

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"Good morning!" Hanna said, smiling at him. Seeing his eyes were glued to her chest, she turned all the way to him and asked, "Don't they look good now?"

"Ahh, yeah. Wonderful," he agreed blankly. "You always go around topless?" he asked.

"I just wanted to show Robert and everyone how much better I look now that I'm all healed up. I feel so much better too!" she beamed.

"You do look very nice," Harry said sincerely.

"Thank you!" Hanna beamed. "I'll be starting breakfast soon."

Jo came out and saw Hanna was topless, so she went back to her room and put her shirt away also. She also got Malinara and Dina up. They too decided no shirts were required in the house.

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A knock at the bedroom door woke Bob up. "Yes?" he called.

"Master, breakfast will be ready soon," Malinara called.

"Thank you, and I'm not your master," Bob replied.

"Wonder what they came up with," Joan asked and stretched.

Bob kissed Allison to wake her up, then wrapped up with Joan in hug and a kiss. Despite their aggravation, they did calm down to have a good romp before they went to sleep.

"I'll go get Jenny," Joan offered.

They got up and got dressed. Allison offered, "Bob, why don't you take Jenny down to the school and get her registered. I'm sure your mom wants to see you're back also. Who gets the clothes trip?"

"I can do that, Allie you got the grocery trip?" Joan asked.

"Sure, we're going to need it."

They went out to see Dina coming with Jenny.

Seeing Dina with no top on, Joan asked, "Where's your shirt?"

"I didn't wear one," Dina said simply.

"Go get one on," Joan told her firmly.

"We're in the house. We need shirts in the house?" Dina asked.

"YES!" Joan snapped.

Dina turned around want went back the way she came. Jenny came on and said, "Morning, master, monster ladies."

"Robert is your Dad now," Allison told her. "We will be your mothers."

Jenny stared at her. "I'll have monster mothers?"

"We are not monsters," Joan stated.

"Yes you are, you got those red eyes," Jenny told her.

Joan looked at Bob. "Talk to your daughter."

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Going down to the dinning room, they saw the table was set, Hanna, topless was bringing the food out, Malinara and Jo, also topless, sat near Harry who was blushing deeply.

"Robert, look, I'm healed now!" Hanna beamed. She sat the tray down and spread her arms to make sure he got a good look.

Joan clapped a hand over Bob's eyes. "Girls, get shirts on, NOW!"

"But I wanted Robert to see how good I look," Hanna complained.

"I don't!" Joan growled.

"We should, after all Harry isn't part of the household," Malinara agreed. "We'll be right back."

Harry couldn't help but watch Hanna jiggle past him.

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Once the harem girls were dressed, they had a fairly normal breakfast and Joan paid Harry's fee for his help. Bob took Jenny, Joan took Malinara and Jo to the department store, Alison took Hanna and Dina to the grocery store.

Bob stopped at the school first to get Jenny registered. Since she was five and had never gone to school, they decided to put her in kindergarten to start with and go from there. Bob explained Jenny Tanner was adopted, they wanted to see paperwork. He sidestepped the problem by saying it wasn't official yet, he still was waiting for the final paperwork. School started Monday, so his next stop was the clothing store to get Jenny some clothes too.

Bob had a nice relaxing morning with Jenny. Jenny pointed things out she was curious about, Bob explained. He met up with Joan, Malinara and Jo near the counter. Joan was having their pile of purchases rang up, an assistant was helping to bag them and gave them to Jo or Malinara.

"Hey, sweetie," Bob said, approaching them. "Looks like they got a haul."

"Sure did," Joan agreed. "How did it go at school?" As the closed they clasped hands.

"Good, I have to come up with official adoption paperwork, but Jenny is registered and starts Kindergarten Monday morning, so she needs clothes too."

"Not surprised. By the time we're done, we'll have bought out half the store," Joan noted. "I'll get Jenny set, take these two back home if you would."

Bob winced. "I was going to stop by and see Mom," he told her.

Joan eyed him. "So? Afraid to let your mother meet them?"

"No," Bob said defensively.

"After I get Jenny her clothes, I'm stopping by to see Dad and introduce Jenny. After that, we need to get the plane ready so we can fly to Dallas." Joan told him.

That does sound like a good idea," Jo offered.

"OK, sounds like a plan." Bob agreed.

It was only after Bob left with Jo and Malinara, that Joan realized those girls had been a little too happy to leave with Bob.

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Bob got to his mother's house to find a note on the door. They were at the fencing center. He went back to town to the fencing center.

There were a couple cars in the parking lot. The place had been improved since the last time he saw it. Over the door was a sign that read : Driftwood Fencing Center. under the sign was a pair of crossed rapier's. The front doors looked new and the parking lot now had painted lines for the parking spots.

Going inside, he found his mother sitting on the side with Duncan. The floor looked freshly cleaned and waxed.

"Hi, mom, Duncan," he greeted with a wave.

Carol immediately fixed on him. "Bob!" she cried and ran over to hug him. "You got away, you're not hurt are you?" she asked, looking him over.

"I'm fine Mom," he assured her.

"Please, call him by his name, Robert," Malinara said.

Carol eyed the busty red haired woman. "Who are you?" she asked.

"Mom, this is Malinara and Jo," Bob explained. "They were in trouble, I had to bring them back with me."

Carol nodded then asked, "So where is Joan and Allison?" she asked.

"Joan's shopping with Jenny, a young girl we brought back, she's starting school Monday. Allison took Hanna and Dina grocery shopping," Bob replied.

Carol offered the pair of red heads fake smile and asked Bob, "New girlfriends?"

"Oh no!" Jo said quickly. "Joan and Allison are Robert's girlfriends. We're his slaves."

Carol's gaze on Bob became harder. "Oh, really," she she intoned.

"You are NOT slaves!" Bob reminded them firmly. "Didn't Joan tell you that is illegal here?"

"Well we were his slaves. Now we're not quite sure what we are," Malinara explained.

"What does Joan think about that?" Carol asked in a false light tone.

"She's not happy," Bob admitted. "Mom, I had to bring them back with me, the place they were was horrible! I couldn't leave them there."

"Of course not, especially since you own them, right?" Carol asked.

"Robert's mother," Malinara said, "Robert has done much to protect us and be a good Master. He tried to make us leave him. We refused."

"Call me Carol," Carol told them. "So you two are dedicated to Bob? Both of you?" she asked.

Jo said, "There are four of us, and yes, we are all loyal to Robert."

"And I thought your father was bad," Carol said in a near growl as she eyed Bob.

"Mom! This is nothing like that!" Bob cried. "It was bring them with me or let them die or suffer more abuse!"

Malinara offered, "We did demand Robert take us with him, or kill us."

"We did." Jo agreed. "And he brought us to this strange but wonderful place."

Duncan walked over, wearing a smirk. "Ladies, you were slaves?" he asked.

"We aren't sure what we are now, except we still belong to Robert," Jo explained.

"How long have you been slaves?" Duncan asked.

Jo and Malinara looked at each other. "All our lives," Jo said. "Robert is the first Master we ever had that treats us well. He even tried to give us bags of silver and gold when he tried to get us to run away before soldiers came for him."

"We refused to go. I would not leave him alone and in danger. None of us would." Malinara added.

"He tried to give you wealth?" Duncan asked.

"Yes, as soon as we found out his plan was to send us away to safety while he stayed by himself to fight, we dropped the bags and told him if he wasn't going, neither were we!" Jo said firmly.

With a frown, Malinara said, "People here seem to think of slave as something bad. What we are is more loyal and trustworthy that anyone else will ever be! Carol you should be happy we are here to care for Robert, for we will never let him down!"

Duncan wiped his mouth slowly as he looked at Bob. "Ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome?" he asked. Bob just looked at him, so he added, "It's a brainwashing theory and similar to what these ladies have gone through. If a person spends enough time with their tormentors, they begin to feel an attachment to them. If these girls have lived their whole lives as slaves, then that is what they know. Doing a good job at being slaves is what gives them pride, and gets them appreciated."

"He is right!" Jo exclaimed. "Robert, that's what we've been trying to tell you! We will always be here for you."

Bob was feeling a little dizzy. "We desperately need that Psychiatrist."

"You do," Duncan agreed. "You also need to let your slaves here down slowly and over time. Right now they want your approval. Rejecting them will be the same as telling them they are worthless."

Carol turned to Duncan. "You seem to know much about slavery. I would think anyone forced to be a slave would be happy to be free of it."

"Carol, these women were not grabbed as adults and forced into slavery. They were born into it in a system that held slaves up as people of value," Duncan explained. "I've seen this before."

"I have to wonder about that," Bob said. "I saw Jenny's mother and sister hauled off to be slaves. Her mother talked back to the slavers and they chopped her head off."

Duncan shrugged. "I never said it wasn't cruel. I only said the ones who make it as slaves are highly prized. Ones who are born into that system understand that serving is their worth, and any owner who has a brain would encourage that. you must also understand that as they see themselves as yours, they also see you as theirs."

Bob caught Jo and Malinara's nodding.

"I don't believe this," Bob said weakly.

"You better, their lives are in your hands," Duncan said firmly.

Seeing Duncan understood them, Malinara got up the courage to say, "Robert needs to appreciate me as a woman."

Carol got her meaning and stared at her in shock. She was demanding sex, right here in front of everyone?

To the side, laughter pealed out. It was then they noticed Jackie had been listening. "Are you suicidal?" Jackie happily asked. "Do you have any idea what Joan would do to you if she found out you were humping on Bob?"

"Jackie, this is serious!" Bob told her.

"Sure is, better get a good mop and a bucket to clean her off the floor afterwards," Jackie replied.

Bob retorted. "I'm not going to have sex with ... any of them again, so knock it off."

"So, you have," Carol stated.

"There is nothing wrong with that. I belong to Robert," Jo stated.

Jackie raised her hands up and said, "Not here, and if you get suicidal, I don't want to know about it." She turned and walked back into the office area.

Trying to get out of this situation, Bob said, "Mom, I just wanted to let you know I'm back, and unhurt. I gotta go."

"Take care in what you do, Son," Carol said firmly.

"I will, Mom," Bob agreed and left, trailing his red heads behind him.

That was a disaster.

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All around, it was a decent day. Getting home, Bob noticed all the girls were behaving themselves and even stayed out of the shower until it was their turn. Malinara even made it a point to thank Joan and Allison for teaching them about the house and jobs that needed to be done. When he, Joan and Allison went in the bedroom that night, there wasn't even a knock on the door.

All four girls were in the shower. Malinara figured it was the best place to meet, because even if someone did come into the bathroom, they could see they coming in time to stop talking. Their showering was done, it was time for discussion.

"The way I see it," Malinara said, "Is there is not a big difference between what they call 'girlfriend', and what we call 'slave'. That means that Joan and Allison are afraid we are trying to take Robert away from them."

"None of us would do that," Dina stated.

"Robert can have as many of us as he wants," Jo agreed.

"We know that, but I don't think Joan or Allison does. Think about it! Robert said they have been together for years. We're new. I think women here must compete for their men, so they think we are a threat to them," Malinara explained. "They have been working hard for him, so we must also. We must also ensure they don't feel threatened by us. That means we have to back off on certain offers to Robert, especially when they can hear."

"You think the meanness Joan and Allison show are them being afraid we're trying to take Robert from them?" Hanna asked.

"Yes, it's the only explanation." Malinara said. "Why do you think he never kept any of all that gold and silver? He didn't want them to think we came with anything that would threaten what they do for him."

"So, what do we do?' Jo asked.

"We need to do everything we can to let Joan and Allison know we, all of us, are friends," Malinara said firmly. "We support them. That will also show Robert too that we are no threat to them. They hold sex as a very important link between them and Robert so we have to let them have all the sex when they are here. we don't show our chests or anything so they will begin to feel comfortable around us. All that coin Robert gave us, we pool it all together for the house, so they know it is theirs too. They bought all of us stuff today, right? We show them we can do the same."

Jo thought for a moment. "You know, that does make a lot of sense. It's worth a try."

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Joan came down in the morning to see a strange sight. Jo and Dina were making breakfast again, but Malinara and Hanna had the bags of coins opened and were combining / separating them into two bags of gold and silver. Al least they were all dressed. Joan went over to Malinara. "What are you doing?"

Hanna looked to at her and smiled. "We're separating the gold from the silver so if you want gold you take it from one bag. Silver from the others."

"I thought that was the coin Bob gave you each?" Joan asked.

"It was, but we can't be selfish," Malinara said. "Let us know where you want it. This way, if you or Allison want some, you know where it is."

"I don't need any of your money," Joan said.

"It's not our money, it's money for all of us who live with Robert," Malinara stated. "It all belongs to him anyway, right?"

Joan face planted. "I think he wanted you each to have your own."

"We all do! We're just sharing it with you and Allison too."

"OK, listen," Joan said firmly. "I have my money in a bank. So does Allison, so does Bob. THAT money is yours."

"We are all part of Robert's house, so we must share it with you and Allison also," Hanna said firmly.

Filling a bag of silver to the brim, Malinara closed it up and got up. "Where do you want it?"

"Back in your room," Joan said firmly.

Malinara turned to Hanna, "It will be in under my bed when we're done."

"Speaking of beds, we're getting a couple new ones so you don't have to keep using those sleeping bags on the floor," Joan told them.

Hanna asked, "Don't you want some coin for the beds?"

"They are already paid for. After Delilah sees what those coins are worth, she's going to take them and give you cash, or you can start bank accounts."

"Banks?" Like guarded vaults?" Hanna asked.

"Yes, your money will be safe."

Dina called, "Breakfast is ready!"

Robert came down. "Girls? the mattresses are on their way to Sonya's factory. She said she'll have the frames ready by tomorrow and deliver everything."

"Thanks," Joan said as she headed for the table. "We're leaving Sunday, Coach Emerson wants me to look over the new recruits."

"We got a few?" Bob asked.

"Six straight from College. We'll be training newbies."

That got Jo's attention. "You said you play this football game. You have to practice to play a game?" she asked.

"We do. Lots of practice." Bob told her.

"After breakfast, we'll all watch a game so you understand," Joan told her.

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After breakfast was done and cleaned up, they all trooped over to the Living room couch. Joan looked through the videos and pulled one out. "This is our first game, against Houston." She put the disk in the player.

ON the TV screen a man in a suit said, "Welcome to NFL football! Today we have the Dallas Cowboys versus the Houston Oilers! Last year, these teams were evenly matched. This year we heard Dallas has a new quarterback. Jay, can you tell us about her?"

The scene shifted to show another man on the field stands filling in to both sides. "Gary, Dallas is bringing an oddity to this game. From the women's league Joan Connor, will be joining the team, we heard as a quarterback. She will be the only woman to activity play on the line during a game. We have fans coming in, and we got a shot of some of Joan's fans bringing a banner for her."

The shot changed to girls holding out a sheet. Written on it was :

TNT

Joan's dynamite!

TNT and she'll with the fight!

TNT she's a power load!

TNT watch her explode!

The girls shook the banner and sang what was on it.

"I must say, it looks like they have confidence in her!"

"True, Jay, but these will be men she's playing against, not other women. I just hope she doesn't get hurt!"

"We'll see soon, the cheerleaders are coming out. ... and here comes our teams!"

The teams got lined up on each side of the field. The national Anthem played. Watching from behind the Dallas side, The camera zoomed in behind Joan and the man next to her that had been kneeling. Joan had pulled him upright He tried to escape her grasp and failed. He finally stood on his feet.

The crowd cheered.

The game started, both teams went out on the field.

"There's the coin toss, Dallas has first possession." Jay announced.

Malinra was confused. "I don't think I have the sides right. They said Dallas has the ball, but the Houston team has got it."

"There's the kickoff."

The ball sailed through the air to Dallas, a player grabbed it and the teams ran into each other.

Watching the game, Jo noted, "That game looks rough."

"Dallas has to get the ball to the other end, Houston has to stop them," Allison explained.

"It looks like ... organized fighting," Hanna said.

Bob laughed. "Pretty much."

The teams went back an forth for a while, no one made it to either end of the field.

"At the end of the first quarter, the game is scoreless. This looks to be a repeat of last year," Jay said.

Gary then announced, "Dallas is has changed quarterbacks. Number 32, Joan Connor is now the Dallas quarterback. Joan Connor came from the women's league, it will be interesting to see how she does."

The Dallas side huddled.

"You know, Joan Connor can't weigh more than half of any of the men out there. I'm rather nervous for her," Jay said.

Gary announced "Dallas is taking the shotgun position. I do think Joan's best chance is getting off a pass."

On the screen, the ball was hiked and Joan ran to meet it, then leaped over the line of men crashing into each other on the ground. The camera followed her fast run downfield. One safety ran at her to intercept, she ducked to the side and got past him, he tried to grab her and fell. Joan raced into the end zone, spiked the ball down and pumped a fist.

Greg cried, "Touchdown, Dallas! That was an amazing play, we've never seen anything like that before. We checked the rules, there is nothing saying the quarterback can't jump over the line! No one has ever attempted that before!"

"Look at the Houston team, They were stunned by that play. No one expected anything like that!" Jay agreed.

"Jump the line, avoid a tackle, and she did it at a speed that's very hard to match! That girl was flying down the field"

"I think Houston may be in trouble."

Dallas set up for the extra point kick and got it. The camera followed Joan jogging back to the benches. it also caught sight o the TNT banner up and waving and the group holding it up, chanting out the worlds. Joan pumped her fist in the air to the beat.

"We didn't see much of what Joan can do, soon as she got the ball in her hands, it went to the end zone," Gary said.

"She just proved she had got super leg muscles, Houston has to be gong crazy trying to figure out how to stop her," Jay added.

"I think if she gets past the line, there is no stopping her, not with that speed!" Greg said.

They watched Houston's attempt to get down field again, a Dallas player caught the pass and tried to run, but was tackled.

"Dallas got the interception, and they are coming out into the shotgun again. There's the hike ... "Joan's running the wrong way, she's headed for their own goal! She stopped at the 20, there's the pass ... She has a receiver in the end zone, he's clear. Damn that ball's fast! She knocked her own receiver down! Touchdown Dallas!"

"Let's see the replay on that."

The camera watched Joan running away, then she stopped, turned and threw the ball. The camera followed the ball to hit the receiver. He stumbled back and fell down. "Besides great legs, that girl has one HELL of arm too!"

"Again, Houston is stunned by what she did."

"Did someone put a rocket on that football?"

"I got information here on Joan Connor's Acoustic records. She's never had a second down. Every time she goes out on the field, she gets a touchdown. This last year she was quarterback MVP of the league. With am arm like that, I can see why."

"Dallas is now ahead 14 to zero. If Houston can't stop Connor, they may be looking at a humiliating defeat."

Houston got the ball again and made a couple short gains, then their quarterback got sacked, setting them back 15 yards. They tried a pass and it was incomplete. Dallas got the ball again.

"Connor's on the line now. "let's see what else she can come up with."

The ball was hiked, Joan ran to the side low, then charged into the line, knocking a defender away. A safety charged her, she met him at a full run, They crashed together, she bent low, he flew over her back. She ran into the end zone.

"Touchdown Dallas! Did you see that? Connor plowed through the line and knocked that safety right over her back!"

"I would have never thought that she would have that kind of strength. I swear I felt that hit when that safety ran into her. That was bone-crushing!"

"He all but swallowed her and she threw him off! Can anything stop her?"

"That's three possessions in this quarter for Dallas, and three immediate touchdowns. This is unbelievable! Here's the replay."

The reply was stopped just before Joan hit the safety, then slowed to show the instant of impact. She'd bend low, crouching down as she ran. She hit his upper thighs and pushed, causing him to catapult over her back.

"You know Jay, with what we're seeing from Connor, that banner in the stands is right. She IS dynamite out there on the field."

"That safety is being helped off the field."

"It almost looked like he got hit by a car."

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Joan paused the video. "That's a football game."

All four girls stared at Joan. "You are a monster," Hanna said. "You humiliated those men!"

Jo giggled and said, "They couldn't even stop you when they ran right into you head on."

Joan shrugged. "The name of the game is to get touchdowns and stop the other team from doing the same."

"Did any of those other teams ever win?" Malinara asked.

"The closest has been the Seattle team in the women's league. Kendra is smart and knows her plays. Her whole team is good. Our wins against them are only one or two points. Some of them are real nail biters ... meaning very close." Joan explained.

"We trade goals. We get one, they get one. Any mistakes cost dearly when we're playing Seattle," Allison said.

"And you get paid to do that." Dina said.

"We get paid well to do that," Bob said with a grin. "All those people in the stands pay to watch the games, and we get part of it."

"It's also fun." Joan said with a grin.

Malinara chuckled. "You like running over men."

"Well... yeah."

"Women too in the other league," Allison added.

"Can we come watch a game?" Jo asked.

"Yeah, Can we?" Hanna added.

"I'll get them tickets to a home game and list them on the bus the sheriff gets." Allison said.

Malinara was beginning to understand Robert's girlfriends a little more. They liked rough & tumble, activities and challenges any other woman would shy away from. She got an idea. "Joan you have to go work in a few days, so why don't you let us take care of things around the house today and go have some fun?"

Joan looked at her.

"Yes, go have some fun, we'll do the housework and finish cleaning up the clinic," Jo said. "Grab Robert and go do something you like to do."

"That is a good idea," Allison agreed. "When was the last time we went swimming?"

Joan grinned and grabbed Bob's hand. "Yes, let's go."

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None of the slave girls, or servants as Allison now called them, had any idea why Joan, Allison and Bob had large skinned and headless fish in their bedroom. Joan and Allison went in and changed into very brief clothes that were barely there tops and groin covers with strings holding them together as they carried their skinned fish over their shoulders. The brief underwear Robert had looked good on him. He also had a skinned fish over his shoulder.

"That is very odd," Dina said, watching the three walk down through the yard. She, Malinara, Jo and Hanna followed them.

"What are you doing?" Dina was forced to ask.

"We're going swimming," Allison said. "Watch."

They did as Robert and his girlfriends laid the fish skins out, then slid into them up to their bellies, and somehow sealed them up. The one by one, they jumped in the water. Right after Allison jumped in, Joan burst up out of the water far from the dock, and turned mid air to dive back in.

Dina laughed. "They use fish skins to swim like fish!" she said, pointing.

"Amazing," Hanna said in a breath.

"I get it! They copy the real fish women who live in the lake," Jo said.

"Fish women?" Malinara asked.

"Yes, one came up on the dock to ask Robert to take a ... I forget what he called it, but it was a tiny dragon." She looked around studying the bushes on the edge of the woods. "They live around here too, and hold onto people's hair for a ride in the water."

"Dragons aren't real," Malinara said.

"They are here. I saw the one in the fish woman's hair, and there was a big one lying in the edge of the woods over there. Robert showed it to me."

Out on the water, Joan, Allison and Robert were jumping up and diving back in as they swam away. Closer to shore, Jo saw the small wake of something else in the water. "Over there," she said and went to the end of the dock.

The other girls came to the end of the dock to see nostrils and the top of a head coming. As it got closer, they noticed a tail far behind the head. In the clear water they saw the alligator swimming.

Jo pointed. "There's a dragon now."

"Wow, that thing is BIG!" Hanna said.

"Ahh, girls, it's heading for us," Malinara noted. "We should get back inside."

They all ran back to the house.