Dragons and Cross-dressers – Chapter twenty four

Iain was trying to banish the horrible tingling throughout his body. His skin felt too sensitive and he was queasy from being squeezed and squeezed until he was the shape of a human.

They dressed him very quickly and within five minutes of being forced into his current form, he was tossed into another huge room. It had very dim light.

The massive door slammed shut behind him.

His sense came back to him and he turned on the door.

He pushed at it, pulled at it, slammed his fists into it and kicked his feet into it as hard as he could.

He threw his weight at the door.

It was pointless though.

The huge door was about 5 times his height and was impossible to move in his human form. He tried changing into a dragon again but every time he tried it felt like his body protested painfully. He snarled and placed his arms on the door, willing them to budget the door, even just slightly.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!"

He spun around to see a girl standing there. She was medium height with creamy skin. Her hair was the colour of chocolate, wavy and ended half way down her back.

She stared at him with open curiosity and very light blue eyes. She wore the same baggy brown cloths that he now wore.

It was obvious that she was a dragon by her pointed ears and large canine teeth.

"If you keep doing that, your collar might hurt you." He looked at her suspiciously.

"Aye?" He touched the collar on his neck. "How dee ye git it off?"

She laughed slightly. Her voice wasn't high but it wasn't low either. "If I knew how to remove them, do you think I would still have mine?"

He looked at her neck and realised that a similar metal band to his was there. She walked right up to him, staring intently at his hair.

"Is it real?" He raised an eyebrow at her. "Your hair colour. It's not magically changed. If you become a dragon, will your scales be red?"

"Aye."

She broke out into a grin. "Amazing!"

She held out her hand. "My name's Lena. You are?"

He took her hand. "Iain."

When she released his hand, she reached up and touched his hair, sniffing him slightly. "You come from the North kingdom like me…. Which region?"

"Scottish…. But I spent most of my life in tha German one."

"You still have your accent though. I come from the Norwegian region. It's just beside the Scotland one. Lukas came from there too."

"Lukas?"

"Yeah. He's around here somewhere. Most of the other dragons are asleep. You only woke me up because I was the closest."

He looked around the cave now and realised there were different lumps of sleeping figures. One or two of them were in a lizard form but the majority were human.

"Why are some in dragon form?"

Her voice became less cheerful. "It depends on your behaviour and owner. Some don't mind if you appear as a dragon down here. Only three of us can appear as lizards. Me, Roderich and Lukas."

"How many dragons are there?"

"With you, the number is now 13." Her voice turned bitter.

Iain growled slightly. "That many?..."

She nodded, sadly. She stifled a small yawn. "I'm going to go back to sleep… I'll introduce… you in the morning."

She turned and wandered back to a different part of the room. She disappeared behind one of the massive boulders.

Iain turned back to the door and glared angrily at it. He sighed huffily.

He felt tired too. He roamed the area by the door before lying against a boulder and falling into an uneasy sleep.

(A/N – This chapter is dedicated to one of my longest friends on fanfiction - Threnna. Taadaa~

PS – I hope this embarrassing you.

When Lena asks about if his hair is actually red or not, it is to do with con-artists. Some people capture dragons then use a magic dye on their human hair to make them seem like a rarer colour – like green or blue. The charm always wears off though when they change into a dragon again.

People still try to con others with it though.

Want a list of the dragons? Here it is: Scotland, Lena, Austria, Hungary, Cuba, India, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Greece, Egypt, South Korea and Japan. Sealand is also there but he is not a proper dragon (despite what he says). He is actually just a salamander (a small, common, magical lizard that is close to fire).

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