When Filia was a golden dragon, she flew so high in the air that anyone riding on her back would be in danger of suffocating. Filia was built to live in extreme conditions such as very high altitudes. When Filia had Lina and the others on her back, she tended to fly low to make sure they had enough oxygen. It had never occured to Filia to carry people in her stomach for flight like she was a taxi. Filia was a herbivore by nature and wouldn't dream of eating any other living thing. Plus, Filia feared she would like the taste of her friends too much. But..what other choice did they have? A two-day hike would turn into a 2 to 4 hour flight. So Filia sighed heavily and nodded.
"You're actually a dragon?" asked Naga. "I had a dragon friend myself...long ago"
Filia turned into her golden dragon self. In her true form, Filia was about 40-50 feet tall and had a wingspan of nearly 100 yards. Filia lifted her friends in a single claw and opened her mouth and dropped all of them into her mouth. The taste of her friends assulted Filia's senses and she found that she did indeed like the taste of her friends...a notion that had made her sick to think about earlier. Filia rolled her friends in her mouth, tasting them and covering them in salvia to make the trip down her throat a fast one. Without further ado, Filia swallowed the mouthfull of friends. She could feel them as they went down her throat and disappear in her stomach. Filia took to the skies then. "I hope all of you are alright in there"


One thing was for sure; Filia's stomach was much more roomier than Lina's stomach had been. Filia's stomach was about the size of a small stadium. Filia's digestive acids went to work right away, but Lina turned her digestive acids into oxygen so they could breathe in the stomach.
"Is this a cavern or a stomach?" asked Gourry.
"My stomach would be a cavern if I were as big as Filia" said Naga.
"Okay" said Lina. "we should be at Mount Tolken in a couple of hours. What we need is a plan of attack"
"What do you suggest we do agaist 4 giants and a giantess?" asked Zelgadis.
"I say we should.." started Amelia.
"Can't we explore in here?" asked Gourry. "I've never been in a dragon's stomach before"
"What's the point of exploring a stomach?" asked Lina who had a sweatdrop.
"Well.." said Gourry, trying to come up with an answer.
"We do need a plan of attack" said Zelgadis. "first off...how tall are these giants?"
"Uhh...I didn't think to ask that" said Lina. Everybody fell, anime style.