Later that after-noon, Gordon was gently trying to wake Stella up.
"Hmm?" she asked blinking her eyes open and seeing Gordon "Wha's wrong?" she asked yawning, turning over, and sitting up.
"Any chance I could become a dragon early so I can get used to it?" Gordon asked straight out grinning a bit.
"Um... sure..." Stella said confused, no one has ever asked to become a dragon before "Which... Which one would you want to be?" she asked thinking she should give him a choice.
Gordon flipped through his book again and picked one out.
"A Nadder?" Stella asked, looking to Gordon to check.
"Yeah," Gordon said to confirm it. "I think they're beautiful..."
"Ok," Stella said standing up and closing her eyes picturing a green Nadder with red tail spikes.
She was about to snap her fingers when she thought of something. "A full dragon or a halfa?"
"Let's start with a halfa" Gordon said after thinking for a bit.
Nodding Stella changed the picture in her mind so that Gordon was still human, but he had a Nadder's wings and tail, and some scales over his face and arms so he could get the feel of them.
Once she finally got it perfect, Stella snapped her fingers.
Slowly, Gordon opened his eyes and wiggled his wings and tail smiling. Then looked up to Stella finding she had also changed into a Nadder halfa, blushing.
"You're beautiful..." he said a blush appearing and started purring as she scratched the horn on my head.
"Thanks..." she says kissing him on the cheek and leading him outside to her garden where all the others were playing and having fun.
Seeing them, Gordon starts playing with the, while Stella sits under the shade of one of the trees and watch, a small smile on her face, as she watched all of them playing together.
After a bit, Gordon came looking up at her, she gone back to her normal Snow Fury halfa self.
Sitting next to her he starts to rub up against her happily purring.
"I think I have an itch at the base of my horn," he says smiling to her gently.
Smirking a bit knowing full well he can do it himself but not caring, Stella reached out and scratched it for him.
"Better..?" she asked.
After a mix of purring and nodding Gordon laid his head down in her chest.
"Could you make me a full dragon? I really like this," he says through his purrs, looking up to her.
"You sure..." Stella asked pulling her hand away and biting her lip not really wanting to do so. But if he wanted it, then she would.
"If you don't want too..." Gordon tailed off, he didn't want her to be upset.
"Not... Not yet," Stella says, avoiding his eyes, bushing again "If... If you don't mind..."
"Ok," Gordon says curling up in her lap.
Waiting until he was asleep, carefully Stella pulled herself out, and settled down to sleep next to him, a smile on her face.
The next morning, Gordon woke up in to the smell of fish.
Stella soon came over and sat down next to him with a plate of fish for each of them.
"Don't worry they're still cooked," she says before Gordon could ask "But if you want something else Charlie made some bread last night."
The others were by the picnic benches having their breakfasts as well.
Gordon digs right into the fish, in a more dragon like way than anything else. He was starting to enjoy being a dragon.
Stella slowly tucks into hers, watching Gordon as he had his, wondering if this was a good idea, her tail wrapped around her and flicking as she thought.
Gordon's eyes lock on to Stella's tail following it as it flicks back and forth and back and forth...
Stella was too busy with her thoughts to notice.
Suddenly Gordon pounced onto it and started trying to gnaw on it, an innocent look on his face shocking Stella out of her thoughts and making her look at him.
"What are you doing?" she asked snatching her tail back and checking to see if it was alright.
Noise over by the benches had died down and all eyes were on them.
Gordon whimpered and hid his face. 'Why did I let my dragon side take over...' he thought starting to tear up.
Stella stopped checking her tail and looked to him as she hears his whimper, and reach out carefully.
"Hey, I... I'm not mad," she said not sure how to say this "It's just, you startled me that's all..." she says as she hugged him "Please don't cry..."
Slowly Gordon calmed down and looked up at her.
"Sorry, I just lost control like that Stella..." he says in an ashamed like voice.
All Stella did was nod in understanding, once again wondering if this – turning him into a halfa was really a good idea.
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Luke was holding Klara's hand as they went to the Hall for breakfast, is other hand holding the arm of his teddy bear, the one which Gordon made for him, making a silent promise to never let go of it.
Gordon had made Luke's teddy, but that wasn't how he wanted his brother remembers him by, he wanted to go back and show him the skies.
Gordon had promised Luke that once he came back as a dragon he would let the boy ride him.
As they got there they nearly ran into Hamish as he was leaving.
Luke silently waves at him.
Klara only glared at him.
"Oh hey Klara," he said trying to be friendly, he always liked her.
"Humph," she said and went inside pulling Luke along behind her.
"Hey Klara you ok?" Hamish asked reaching out and grabbing her shoulder.
Next think anyone knew he was on the floor, Klara holding both his wrist and holding a knee to his back keeping him pinned down.
"I just lost my twin brother because of your dumb father you spoiled brat!" she screamed "WHAT DO YOU THINK!" after a bit longer she let go and carried Luke over to the Rebel table where the families were quietly congratulating her.
Luke quietly sobbed into his teddy bear - he missed his brother and just wanted to see him again, if even for just a moment...