So I had my first lucid dream a few nights ago... I dreamt that I was in a house trying to escape someone, and 2 girls whose faces I couldn't see offered me a broomstick to fly away on. This was the point where my vision and sense of touch became clear, I saw my hand grab the detailed wood and I thought "Woah, I'm dreaming"... But whilst this was happening, another person was stood in front of me looking very down and was muttering to no-one in particular about her problems which disturbed me a bit. I tried ignoring her but couldn't. I tried focusing on the faces of the girls but they remained fuzzy.
Back to the broomstick, I didn't agree with flying on a broom, so I rewound time. Back at the situation again, all of the girls had gone, and instead there was a man, who suggested I light a small fire to smoke the room out. He helped me light the fire - in which I could strongly smell the smoke, and I managed to change it to a pleasant flowery incense smell. But he didn't seem very happy when helping me, his face was very serious and he seemed distant/indifferent.
I then stepped onto the windowsill to jump out of the window and fly, but found that I couldn't. So I ran downstairs out of the house and summoned a winged creature (like a very large white eagle), and we flew above the clouds comfortably in a strong head wind.

Questions...
1) In lucid dreams, can you learn to control other DC? Or will they always have their own "minds"?
2) I stopped myself from flying on my own, are there any tips on getting over this and learning to fly without props?

Thank you in advance!