Dragon Child: The Journey Begins

Chapter 11

Waitwaitwait! So did Lady Therenody think I was a female this whole time?! But why? What made her think I was female in the first place?

"Your hair is so pretty and long! May I brush it for you?"

Didn't females have the tell tale lumps of flesh on their chests? Don't tell me, I grew some lumps of my own and didn't even realize?! I quickly looked down to check my self.

"Really? Thank you so much!"

Ah! I was right all along! No lumps of flesh! Thank goodness! Well, if I don't have those lumps, does that mean there's another way to tell if one is female? Is it pheromones? Am I releasing female pheromones?

"It's so silky! I want to braid it! Your hair would look so pretty braided into a crown!"

I don't really have a dragon's sense of smell, so its hard to tell about pheromones. Am I really a female? But mother said I was male! I don't think she would be wrong. That's it. I must clear this misunderstanding at once!

"I knew it would suit you! You look like a fairy princess!" What in the world is this female blabbering about?

"What?" I couldn't keep up with her at all!

"Would you like to see?" She went to the table and picked something up.

She held up the object and suddenly I saw my reflection. What is this magical device?! I've never seen my reflection so clearly before! I looked at it in awe.

Small nose, full red lips, big clear colored eyes. Yep! This puny and ugly reflection looked familiar. The lack of scales, the flat face, the teeth that weren't sharp in the slightest. This was definitely my reflection! I've never been able to see my clear eyes so, well, clearly before!

Wait, was it my eye color? Did females have a clear eye color? I quickly glanced at Lady Therenody. Her eyes were a yellow and green color. She was female, I was almost certain! So since her eyes weren't clear, that wasn't the cause for this strange misunderstanding. I glanced back at the reflecting device.

For some reason, my hair was twisted around my head and laced with a long light blue piece of cloth that peeked in and out of my hair. When did this happen?! Was I attacked in my sleep? I gingerly touched my hair.

"See? I put a ribbon in it to add to the effect. It's really lovely on you." The crazy misunderstanding strange female smiled at me.

Eh?! She did this?! When did she do it? What kind of magic is this?

A light banging at the door startled me from my thoughts. Lady Therenody went to open it, and the No Name companion was standing there with something in his hands.

"Thank you so much, Jeffrey." Wait! Was that a name? Was that HIS name? He was named?! Finally! I don't know why she never thought to say his name earlier!

She took the things he was holding and brought them to me. I hadn't ever seen anything like these things before, and I'm not sure why she was handing them to me. I looked at her, confused.

"Let me put them on for you and see if they fit. We were guessing at your size." Smiling at me, she waved the objects in my direction.

She pushed me over to the nest. Without warning, I tumbled down on the nest. As I regained a sitting posture, she suddenly leaned down and grabbed my foot.

What was this?! Was she trying to stop me from escaping?! Before I knew what was happening, she shoved the object on my foot. Eh? What is this? Why is she putting this on my foot?

Before I could even respond to the first attack, she was grabbing my other foot and forcing the thing on it. My feet felt constrained. I couldn't even wiggle my toes very well! She was tying them onto my feet. What would I do if I couldn't get them off?!