On My Way to Get Dragon's Laid

**On My Way to Get Dragon's Laid**, or **Quick Time Event to that D**, is the unofficial name for the genderbent version of Dragon's Lair.

It keeps the most noticeable elements from the games, but also adds a backstory and rewrites certain characters and events.

Unlike the original games and what the above title would suggest, this version takes itself relatively seriously.

Artwork first appeared at Deviantart on March 3, 2020, though this piece had been finished and put on hold since 2019.

## Story

> Darlene was born from two talented mercenaries, who were in good standing with the royal family. Whenever her parents got sent out on a quest, she stayed at the castle until they had returned. At 16 years old, they were reported dead after an overwhelming mission.
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> The king and queen didn't offer her to become part of their family or staff -for a reason that wasn't known at the time- and she had to take care of herself from that moment on.
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> Prince David was born when she was 8 and they became friends quickly. He was her biggest fan, seemingly since birth, and cheered her on as she exceeded even her parents' reputation by becoming a successful dragon slayer.
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> The dragons she defeated included the offspring and followers of the fearsome Singe, ruler of the Shadow Lands, who directed her rage towards the king and queen that had ordered their deaths. She demanded to have their kingdom and all its people as compensation, but was declined. Their valued and only child was snatched away in response.
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> The intention was to rip him apart on the spot, but the dragon became somewhat infatuated by the man, thus took him to her castle instead, where he was given disturbingly little to wear and she waited for his parents to announce their surrender.
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> No knight dared to follow the huge dragon, except for Darlene. A witch ally had magicked up tricky rooms and more monster allies inside Singe's castle, as to ensure no mere human would survive upon entering alone. Thanks to Darlene's wit, speed, and luck, she managed to reach the last room, full of all kinds of treasures, to which the imprisoned David was considered an addition. He instructed her to use a magic sword present in the room to slay the dragon with. How he knew of the sword's capabilities became a forgotten question after the rescue and following drama.
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> Darlene throws the blade into Singe's heart and frees David, who sees this as a justified moment to jump into her arms and sensually kiss her face. Darlene responds positively, though as was usually the case when he showed this kind of affection; she decides not to acknowledge it on the way back home. David, on the other hand, saw his damsel-in-distress moment as an opening to make them an official item.
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> At the castle, Darlene is rewarded Singe's treasure and the long deserved title of "Darlene the Daring". The queen asks her to take the highest rank in their royal army as well, but after Darlene shares her desire to visit her town of birth first and share with them her gold, grants her time to either accept or choose retirement. Prince David becomes alarmed when she says to leave right away and urges her to stay the night to celebrate her victory.
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> The mood at the dinner table becomes uncomfortable when the royal couple responds to their visibly enamoured son with the news they've found worthy princesses for him to marry. David can't think of a reply to give and only smiles. Darlene attempts to be supportive and keep the party going, though it's been soured by the passive aggressive attempt to pull them away from each other.
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> Later that night, David sneaks inside Darlene's room and asks her to take him with, but she replies his parents wouldn't think that to be save. He clarifies he wishes to run away and asks her to come see him if she wants to elope. An hour of fidgeting later, she sneaks her way past the staff and they spent the night together.
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> Because helping him run away falls under abduction, Darlene can no longer visit her old town out of fear for repercussion, and the two use their coins to put as much distance they can between them and the castle. They eventually find and fix up an old tower to call their home. Darlene and David marry in secret and have 12 children.
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> Their long-standing happiness is interrupted when the same witch that aided Singe years ago, Mordread, finds their whereabouts and kidnaps David with the intention to make him her husband and rule the kingdom he had long abandoned. Darlene follows them to Singe's abandoned castle, but is this time aided by Mordread's sister; who gives her a time machine and communicates through it.
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> Darlene finds David right when Mordread forces a cursed ring on him, which transforms him into a mindless beast. After removing the item and killing Mordread, David is perceived dead, but soon regains consciousness. They use the time machine to travel back home and unite with their waiting children.
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> One unsuspicious day, Mordroc, an evil wizard and the brother of Mordread, shows up for vengeance and captures David and their house inside a ball staff. As Mordroc has a time machine of his own, the good-hearted sister from last time returns to team up with Darlene and rescue her husband. When they intrude the palace of Father Time, the commotion becomes the death of the careless Mordroc, who's too distracted with taunting Darlene. She grabs the ball housing David and returns to their own world.
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> With Singe and the Mors defeated, no further struggles presented themselves and they're still unfound by the royal family.
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## Characters

### Darlene the Daring

The female Dirk. She is 28 years old in the first Dragon's Lair installment.

Darlene is a mercenary knight, like both her parents were, and has a long history with the royal family thanks to their successes. When a child, she was the designated playmate for the sheltered prince David, even though their age difference and Darlene's quest to becoming a knight herself made that hard to maintain at times. Nevertheless, she adored him and they ended up being each other's best and only friend.

She's a tomboy, but not by choice. There were no dresses or fancy accessories for her to try in her parental home; and always wore used boy clothes. Her village of birth is simple and poor, and a long distance away from the castle.

When prince David wanted to run away with her, they moved to a secluded tower-like building at an unknown location.

Darlene has half-long black hair with bangs, a pointy nose, small black eyes, and is curvy, yet muscular.

### Prince David

The male princess Daphne. He is 20 years old in the first Dragon's Lair installment.

With only adult staff running around the castle, he was quickly drawn to Darlene and became her number one fan. His overly helpless and seductive traits are an act only reserved for "his hero".

His romantic interest in her has never been subtle, though she's never fully answered to it for a long time, as she isn't an accepted candidate for marriage.

When she's not around, David is slightly less ditzy/playful and can even lose his temper with the monsters that have him in their grasp. He'll beat them up off-screen if their intent is to kill or defile him in any way, in order to give Darlene more time to come rescue him. In that sense, he treats the real threats he enters like the games he and Darlene used to play; where he gladly took on the role of a frightened damsel.

Darlene used to coax him into becoming a knight as well, but he declined the sword so he could obtain her protection.

He's more educated than he lets on and was able to recognize the abilities of the mysterious sword present in Singe's treasure room.

Because of his looks and easy-going personality, many women acquainted with him become smitten and David is highly pursued. While many princesses and nobility have stood before him, with gifts in hand, he'd continuously reject them and focused only on his bond with Darlene.

David has long half-curled blond hair, dark eyebrows, blue eyes, and is muscular, but has a small waist.

### Queen Aethelreda

The female Aethelred, mother of David.

She is the ruler of the land and greatly values her only son. Because Darlene isn't royalty, she and her husband cannot approve of their relationship and tried to put some distance between them, though found themselves too dependant on her services as a knight and couldn't cut her loose because of their friendship with her late parents.

Aethelreda is described to be a good-looking woman, but no match for her own son, even when she was young. Her hair is long and grey, her eyes are blue.

### The king

The king is the female Daphne's mother, and father of David. He doesn't have a confirmed name.

He is loud, animated, and becomes irrationally angry whenever his son is inconvenienced, whether by his own staff or the monsters that kidnap him. When he thinks a woman is unworthy to have his hand, he isn't shy to let them know and chase them off in tears.

He looks like a Viking and used to be a great warrior in his younger years. He is overweight, has small dark eyes, and long dark-blond hair and beard in braids.

### Singe

The female Singe. There are no extreme differences in her appearance from the original.

She's a relentless, seemingly indestructible dragon leader. She has a small crush on prince David, though the animal doesn't do much with these feelings besides treating him as a literal trophy for her to gawk at. A special sword was required to kill her.

Despite being a dragon, she owns a castle and many riches. Gold appears to be comfortable for her to sleep on.

### Mordread

Mordread is the female Mordroc, though also the name of the original character's sister in Dragon's Lair 3.

She was an ally of Singe the dragon and the one who bewitched her castle, though it's insinuated she would've betrayed her eventually, as she wanted prince David and his kingdom for herself. When Darlene and David elope, they disappear from everyone's radar, but she managed to find them many years later and continued her original plan without worry for the changed circumstances.

Mordread looks like the original Mordread, but is skinny.

### Mordroc

Mordroc is the male Mordread, though also the name of the original character's brother in Dragon's Lair 2.

He came to avenge the death of his sister and was more of a bully than anything else. He expressed no plans with prince David and mainly kidnapped him as to affect Darlene's happiness.

Mordroc looks like the original Mordroc, but with a large waist.