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On the way to get the suger D.C. and her mates go down an escalator and note a display basket ball match going on... she also notes a young, official looking guy watching. This guy gives off seriously scary vibes and D.C. can feel several dozen other dragons linked to him. Not good. He is creating a pack of slave dragons. When he finds someone with a useful talent he gets them to sign a 'contract' with him... what they are actually signing away is their free will. He becomes their master and dictates their actions... and now he's after the ball players. A master dragon still needs revenue after all. razz
If he can get his hands on one of the 2 team captains he'll have a real ace up his sleeve. The two a rivals and have been for ages so he's bound to get one of them. D.C. can't leave it like that. While they are having a time out she approaches the captain of that team thats one down and tells him how he can win and then warns him of what is scouting him. Yeah, if he wins he might possibly be moved up to the big time and a state team but is that worth his free will. The talent scout is creating a pack and being part of it would be detrimental in the extreme. Ball player is like 'yeah, right. Pull the other one."
She shrugs. "Up to you mate. I've done all I can do."
ball guy stops and considers for a moment. the move she's suggested to win is risky and showy but it will gain him the 3 points he needs to win the game. All he has to do is perform the move perfectly... What the hell, he figures. there's really no other way to win the game and if he muffs it he muffs it... but he won't muff it.
He doesn't he performs the move perfectly and wins the game. He is approached by the scout but wise to what he is declines the offer. Other captain is startled. both of them have worked like trojens for this and he's turning it down?!
Damn straight. better to be in small home team with his wits in tact than in a state one stripped of his free will. If other captain is smart he'll do the same.
Other captain is all 'hey, wait, what?!' Ball guy tells him what D.C. has told him and they both turn Pack Master down.
Pack Master ain't happy and strikes at them. D.C. intervenes, warning Pack Master that he will only be ignored for so long before someone takes serious action against him. He's heading down a bad path... also, enslaving sports people is a waste of time as they need to be able to think and judge split second and they can't do that on remote control.
pack M senses her power and wants her. She tells him to back off. If he doesn't they will have to fight one day and she doesn't want that.
he wont. He can sense what she is and wants her for himself. he gathers his power and those of his slaves and strikes at her.
To her surprise, both ball captains and her mates make their power available to her , merging with her battling dragon self one by one until she is not only strong enough to hold off the pack master but to defeat him as well.
P.M. is stunned. He didn't know people could do that voluntarily. Still, he is defeated and retreats from the mall. He is more determined than ever to have D.C. for himself. He's just found someone worthy to be his mate. This doesn't thrill his female second, willing thrall second. she very much wishes to be his mate but now her master and boss is busy chasing this other, admittedly powerful, completely uninterested dragon chick.

This is where the first phase of the dream ended.
It moved on to a 2nd chunk but I'll get onto that tomorrow.