"And so, ladies and gentlemen! Something very important has been stolen from our champions! They have one hour to get it back! Champions, get ready!
I'm standing waist-high on a wooden platform, with spectators in the stands behind me. My thoughts were confirmed when the director came to our living room to find out what to do next. Lily, the oldest and strongest of my girls, agreed to play the role of the kidnapped girl. But just in case, I cast so many protective spells on her that she could stand under my flames for ten minutes without flinching. But... I still had to get her back as quickly as possible. Fleur, standing next to me, flinched at my smile.
"On your marks. Get set. Go!" A shot rang out, and we jumped into the water.
I swam as deep as I could, breaking away from the other champions. Something huge swam below me, and I didn't like it. I turned half into a dragon and increased my speed. It was getting darker and colder, which didn't bother me, but then that thing swam by again. I cast a spell to find the way, tuned to Lily, and then a spell to detect life.
I saw the path, which was good, but there's always a but. Life detection showed a hundred-metre-long monster at the bottom of the lake, moving towards me. I instantly turned into a dragon and, accelerating, swam towards the monster.
Reaching my target, I clench my fangs, and the monster loses a tentacle and grabs me with the rest. I try to breathe out a flame that would create a wave of boiling water, but my mouth is squeezed by new tentacles. Damn Kraken! I hate them, I even tried to destroy them before in Skyrim!
The tentacles squeezing my mouth can't hold on and break. My breath and boiling water scald the monster, forcing it to swim away.
I move on, swimming towards the underwater city. Grindelos swim towards me, baring their sharp teeth and pointing their tridents. Stupid creatures, attacking a dragon? I exhale a frosty wave that encases a large area of water in ice, along with the monsters. The chunk slowly begins to float, and I hurry to Lily.
The mermaids, seeing me, go berserk, trying to pierce my skin, but to no avail. I am already close enough to the captives, among whom is Luna, as I understand, for Victor. Iced breath and fire were dangerous, but what about thunder in water? No, I didn't want to kill Lily and Luna. Fighting off the mermaids with my claws, I tore them in half, but suddenly I felt something grab my hind leg.
Looking down, I saw the Kraken, who had returned to the smell of blood. The mermaids, tritons and grindlews tried to pierce my eyes, but I closed them with my second eyelid, which calmly protected me from the spears and allowed me to see through them.
All the water was stained red. I crushed the mermaids with my paws, tore them to pieces with my claws, caught dozens with my mouth, and then swallowed them.
The kraken tried to strangle me with its beak in the centre of my head, at the base of my tentacles, trying to pierce my scales. Unable to withstand it, I closed my mouth on its head and pierced the monster's skin with my claws, then simply tore it in half. Mermaids kept coming in an endless stream.
Spitting at them, I rushed towards Lily and Luna. Without slowing down, I cut the ropes holding the captives at the bottom with my claws, made a hook, letting them float up a little, and then grabbed the remaining parts of the ropes with my jaws.
I swam towards the surface at full speed, transforming into a human. I transferred the ropes from my mouth to my hands, lifting the captives up with me, using telekinesis.
We surfaced in the centre of the lake. A hundred metres around us, the water was red with blood, and a boat was already swimming towards us. The captives had already regained consciousness and were looking around.
When they reached us and pulled us aboard, the director said that Victor and Fleur had dropped out of the race. The Kraken swam past them, knocking the champions down and causing them to lose consciousness and suffer several bruises and fractures.
While we were swimming, I checked Luna and Lily's health. After drying them off and healing them with my hand, I noticed the third person I had saved. A little girl with light hair, familiar features and a familiar smell. Veela, probably Fleur's sister. Lily's stern look made me dry and heal the girl.
When we reached shore, we were all taken to a tent where we were examined. They found nothing on me or the rescued girls and left us alone. The little Veela was already sitting next to her sister, and Luna was with Kram.
"Thank you for not leaving Gabrielle there in the lake. If it weren't for you, the Kraken could have..." Fleur said.
Kram simply nodded to me in gratitude.
"You're welcome, I'm glad you're all alive. "Looking at Fleur, I saw broken ribs and an arm, lots of bruises and concussion. With the local medicine, she'll be cured in a week, but...
"Let me take a look." I approached Veela, placed my hand on her chest, and used healing.
"What are you doing..." Fleur blushed, Lily just smiled, and Kram muttered something about "The Fourth."
"Quiet." A glow came out of my hand, healing the girl's wounds, and I began to slowly stroke Veela's chest. Gabrielle blushed and turned away, while Lily began to giggle.
I continued stroking her, moving down to the bruises, running my hands over them, down to her legs, healing the bruises. After that, I began stroking the girl's bandaged arm, healing the bones. When I was done, I placed my hand on her head, ruffling her hair and healing the concussion. The girl began to breathe deeper and faster, and started to squeeze her legs together.
"Thanks again." I nodded to her with a smile.
"Friend, can you help me?
I go up to Kram and punch him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him.
"Khe-khe... And you were so gentle with Fleur...
"I already told you, you're not a pretty blonde either.
"Got it...
When they let us go, I found out the results of the stage. I came in first, Kram and Fleur tied for second.
The headmaster blamed the huge bloodstain on the mermaid massacre with the kraken, where, by the way, ninety-three percent of the underwater people died.
Days passed, and the third and final stage of the competition was approaching. They showed us the Quidditch field and said that a maze would be built in its place. Well, who's going to stop me from going straight through, burning down the obstacles? So I didn't even listen.
One day, after waking up in a tender embrace, I wondered... Where will my flock live? No, we could live with our mothers, but... What the Daedra? I am Alduin, the World Eater, the Serpent, the Scourge of Monarchs, the Son of the Three Great Sisters, and I'm going to live with my girls at my parents' house? No way! If Akatosh, Azura, and Shea could make plans for Oblivion, so could I. With these thoughts in mind, I began to delve into my mind.
Creating my plan was not easy. First, I created my own pocket in the space between worlds. I had to recycle hundreds and thousands of souls that I had managed to absorb.
My world was initially empty, consisting only of mountains and lava rivers. Many dark Daedra are happy with such surroundings, but it didn't suit me.
By putting even more souls into energy, I managed to remove the lava and grow grass and trees. Snow appeared on the mountains, and streams flowed across the land. All that remained was to bring in as many animals as possible, and it would be the perfect home for my pack, the perfect refuge.
When I was able to show my creation to the girls, they began to beautify our new home. They started planting flowers and making flower beds. At their request, I had to grow a bunch more fruit trees. But it was worth it; the girls were happy with their new home.
At that time, the Dragon Cult was gaining popularity around the world. Edward was able to secretly subjugate the ministers of several countries using the screams that I had used to subjugate Dumbledore. More and more people began to believe in magic.
The heads of state were subjugated to us. You could say that the Dovas already rule the world, but there is still a long way to go.
But let's get back to the present. When I was walking with Daphne and Astoria, a confused Fleur approached me.
"Um... Aldwin, I wanted to talk to you...
"About what?
"Can we step aside?
"Why?
"To talk... "Fleur finally said, blushing. She's so funny.
"What... ahem... Sweetie, why... Ahem... "First Daphne hit me with her elbow, then Astoria. Damn, what a disgrace, the Dragon is being beaten up.
"Astoria and I are going to step aside, will you catch up later?
"Yes, go on... Go on, my dears..." I managed to say when I caught my breath.
When they walked away, giggling to each other, Fleur and I went back to the bench.
"What... do you think of me?
"She's a pretty girl, but if she didn't throw her charms around left and right, she'd be priceless. "I said, laying my head on the girl's knees. How lovely, a shy Veela is a rare sight.
"I can't control it...
"You're lying. A pure-blooded Veela can't control it? "Now she's scared, of course, magicians don't like other magical races.
"How do you know?
"The smell, you smell too much like a Veela.
"You're a shapeshifter, if you can smell that?
"Let's skip the insults, I've been called everything but a werewolf.
"Then who are you?
"Do you really need to know? Just tell me, why do you want to know?
Silence was my answer. After waiting a minute, I lifted my head from the girl's knees and followed Daphne and Astoria. Come on... What are you going to do?
"I like you!" she finally said.
"Is that all? Many people like me, and many people hate me, but I don't care. "Let's keep going, don't look back.
"And I... love you." That's what I needed to hear.
I go back to the girl, take her by the hand and turn my ring, moving into the forest where Lily and I lived. The girl looks around in confusion, then stops looking at me.
I slowly turn into a dragon, horns appear, scales appear on my palms. I read the girl's thoughts: "confusion.
I add a degree, begin to grow in size, and a tail appears. A minute later, I stand before Veela in my true size.
Confusion, bewilderment and... Admiration? Again?!
POV Fleur
I don't understand anything. For several months now, I've been going crazy and thinking only about Alduin. What do I know about him? He's a powerful mage, very powerful. As I understand it, he's the leader of his faculty, he has two fiancées... Will he take a third? Merlin, what am I thinking?! What will he say if he finds out about my true nature?
In the first round, Kram suffered minor injuries, while I burned my legs. The test was really dangerous. Who even thought of making us fight dragons? But Alduin passed it with ease, without a single scratch and faster than anyone else. When he came into the tent, Alduin saw my burn, and he just took my leg and stroked it, healing the burn. What kind of magic did he use? His hand stroked my leg slowly and gently, it felt so good...
Alduin came to the ball with his brides, and I was so jealous. I agreed to go with the second guy who came along; the first one was some redhead, and I turned him down right away. Alduin looked at me and winked, making me blush.
Then another girl came, very beautiful, and immediately kissed Alduin... Will they take the fourth one? Don't think about it.
The second test. Diving into a dark lake. The clue said that something valuable had been stolen from us. Where's Gabrielle? She should be here by now. No way! We have to hurry.
At the signal, we all dived into the water. Alduin swam straight to the bottom. While we were looking for a way out, a huge monster rushed past Victor and me, knocking us down, and then there was darkness.
I came to when we were pulled out of the lake. As we floated in the boat, I saw a huge bloodstain in the centre of the lake. What was going on? My sister?! Alduin!
I was able to calm down when I saw Alduin and my younger sister with my own eyes. They were fine, and I was so happy.
I was lying on the bed with broken ribs and an arm. My whole body was covered in bruises, and my head was throbbing from the concussion...
Next to Alduin sat a girl who looked like the one he had taken to the ball, only older.
I thanked Alduin for saving my sister, and then... Alduin came up to me and put his hand on my chest! It felt nice, but so soon? I wanted to say something, but Alduin stopped me.
Warmth spread from Alduin's hands. I felt the pain in my chest subside, and my rib fall back into place and begin to heal. He moved his hands, massaging my chest pleasantly. Then he moved lower, stroking my stomach, then lower, stroking my thighs. It felt nice and warm, and after his touch, the wounds stopped hurting. He took my hand, his strong, warm, firm palm sliding over my skin, healing my hand. When he was done, he ruffled my hair, and the headache was gone, as if it had never been there.
And then he called me beautiful, even though it was said to Kram, who was bent over from the blow to his chest.
I thought long and hard about what to do. I like Alduin, no, I love him, but what would he say to that? Alduin already has at least two brides. Pulling myself together, I decided to go over and talk to him.
"Um... Alduin, I wanted to talk to you..." How stupid that sounded.
"About what?"
"Can we step aside?
"Why?
"To talk... "How awkward.
"What... ahem... Sweetheart, why... Ahem..." Two elbows from the girls knock the wind out of Alduin.
"Astoria and I are going to step aside, will you catch up later?" - They're leaving me here with their fiancé so calmly?
"Yes, go on... Go on, my dears..." he said, watching the girls walk away.
Then I sat down on a bench, and Alduin lay down on my lap. I wanted to start running my fingers through his hair, but stopped myself. We started talking, but when he said that I was a pure-blooded Veela, I got scared. But Alduin didn't show any disgust, his gaze didn't change. I told him that I liked him, but he started to walk away. I made up my mind and confessed my love to him, which stopped him in his tracks.
Then he came over and took me by the hand, leading me into a beautiful forest. Looking around, I noticed that Alduin was changing. Horns appeared, and some parts of his body were covered in scales. Then he began to grow in size, turning into a dragon.
A huge, strong, and very beautiful dragon, black in colour. Heat emanated from his scales, and in some places there were cracks glowing red. It was a magnificent and beautiful sight, inspiring awe... Is that Alduin?
"I... love you...
End of Fleur's POV
***
patreon.com/posts/harry-potter-i-131863375