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I felt numb all over while I lied down, sleeping. It felt like all of my strength had been taken away from me when I entered this empty void known as 'unconsciousness'. I tried to recollect what had happened before. My thoughts were vague but I remembered key moments from before. I remembered walking home from school before I was grabbed from behind as I along a lonely pathway that stretched through a small forested area. Yes, it does seem like a terrible spot to walk through but it is the fastest way for me to get home and I'm not spending another fifteen minutes just to take a longer route. Although now I probably will since all of the trust I had with my current route went away when I was attacked. I didn't get a good look at them but they seemed like, from the way they were speaking, they were guys that were around my age. They were probably jerks from school that pick on others sometimes. Knocking someone out, though, might be taking it a little bit too far.

I moaned to myself when started to wake up because all of the numbness that I had been feeling quickly turned to pain and soreness when I regained feeling throughout my body. A short distance away I heard a reply to my sudden moan. "Hey," said an unknown guy. His voice seemed familiar but, in my current state, I was unable to identify him. "He's waking up." He said these last words with an unsettling tone, like he was planning to do something horrible when I woke up.

I tried quickly to pretend that I was still out cold but that didn't work. Suddenly I felt two firm hands grip my shirt tightly. "Wake up Mike!" called out a voice in front of my face as the two hands started to shake my semi-lifeless body violently. I opened my eyes without thinking and was blinded temporarily by a flashlight that was pointing right in my face. I reached out my arm shakily and pushed the light out of the way so I could get a clear view of my current situation. The hand came out from the darkness next to the light and grabbed my arm and forced it back down before I touched the electrical device. "Sit still!" ordered the man who was behind the light.

Still dazed and confused, I attempted to speak. "W-where am I?" I stuttered out past the light.

Suddenly the light went off and I was left in almost total darkness. I say 'almost' because a small amount of moonlight was shining through a nearby window which barely illuminated the room. A long period of time must have passed since I was knocked out. I saw three movements around me; one being the guy standing over me and two others that were standing by a wall at the other side of the room. I was blinded again when a light in the ceiling was turned on. I squinted as I placed my hands over my eyes as they adjusted to the sudden change in brightness. Soon I removed my hands, blinked a couple of times, and focused my eyes to form a clear picture of my surroundings. I figured out that I was in some kind of abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods somewhere.

I was finally able to see who the person who was standing over me was and fear struck me when I was able to identify him. His name was Richard and he was one of the ass holes from my school that I mentioned before. He didn't usually pick on me, although he did sometimes. I started to wonder why he would kidnap me. I mean, I haven't done anything to... Oh. Suddenly memories flashed before my eyes to an incident at school earlier today.

I was during lunch as I sat by myself, as usual. I remembered seeing Richard torment some smaller kids off in the distance but I chose to ignore him since getting involved would only lead to trouble. I continued to observe him from a safe distance as I slowly chewed my sandwich. A nerve was struck within me and he pushed over one of the defenceless children. It really disturbed me when I saw how much of a dick Dick could be. Hell, even the child started crying; how could anyone be this heartless? I quickly finished off my lunch and approached the group slowly. I didn't want them to notice me and redirect their attention to me but I still wanted a better understanding as to what was going on.

I stood quietly a few metres away as the child picked himself up and ran off crying. Poor kid. He must have been about 12 while me and Richard were 17. That's a bit one sided if you ask me. Richard and his two 'lackeys' just laughed as they grabbed the bag that the boy left behind. They began to rummage through it and pulled out several items, including the kid's lunch, books and Nintendo DS. Richard seemed uninterested with the small electronic device and tossed it aside. When the DS hit the pavement, it shattered into pieces. At that point I felt rage building up inside me. What kind of sick, twisted person knocks over a kid more than 5 years younger than him and then starts to sift through their personal belongings while breaking everything in the process?

Something clicked inside my head. It didn't feel like pure rage but instead felt like something else was creating the anger. I didn't mind it though. I remembered walking up to Richard slowly and then... nothing. The rest of my memory was a blank. I remembered hearing a voice inside my head before I blacked out though. I can't recall what it said but the tone of it was reassuring and soothing, like it was a part of me. I don't think that I was going insane. It just seemed like it was just my conscience telling me what to do. I didn't know what happened next but, considering how angry Richard was standing in front of me and that I seemed uninjured after the incident, I probably did something that I would have regretted.

All of a sudden, Richard grabbed my shirt and pulled me off the surface that I was lying on. I picked me up and slammed me against a wooden wall, his face only inches from mine. "You're going to pay for what you did before," he coldly said, every word coming out bitter and evil. I felt tears welling up in my eyes as fear started to overtake me. I had no idea what he was planning and I really didn't want to know.

In a swift motion, Richard curled his right hand into a fist and struck me in my stomach. The pain was brutal and unforgiving. His strength far surpassed my own and it felt like I had been hit with a metal object. I groaned as the impact caused the air in my lungs to escape through my gasping mouth. I cried out and stuttered a, "W-why?" as I looked up into Richard's soulless eyes. I could see pure hatred burning from his soul. I looked quickly to the other two guys who were in the room and saw that they were indifferent with what was happening in front of them.

"You know damn well why!" Richard spat in my face. I really wish I knew what I did because right now I felt like I was simply an innocent person being unjustifiably punished.

"No... I don't," I continued to speak. Each word passed through my lips in slight agony.

"Really?!" he exclaimed. He seemed surprised by my answer. "Maybe this will jog your memory," I said as turned around. Oh I wished that whatever he was doing would help bring back my memory. I was shocked when I saw what he did next. He lifted up his shirt and revealed a four horrible marks on his back. It looked almost like claw marks, scratched onto him by some wild animal. Then I realised what Richard was implying.

"You don't think that I did that, do you?" I asked. There is no way, even if I did, I could create marks like that. Hell, my fingernails are worn down to a nub because I never let them grow.

He suddenly dropped his shirt back down and grabbed me by the throat, making me gag. "Don't play dumb with me! I saw you do it. EVERYBODY saw you do it! So don't you even try to fucking tell me that you didn't do it!" He squeezed harder which made it harder for me to breathe. Tears began to well up in my eyes as I tried to understand what had happened. There is no way I could have done something like this. What happened to me?

"Sssstay calm," said a voice ringing inside my head. I recognised the voice immediately. It was what spoke to me before I blacked out before the incident. Something strange happened around me. Time stopped moving and I was left standing there, still being grabbed by the neck. I didn't feel the need to breathe though.

"Who are you?" I asked mentally, hoping that I would be able to communicate with the foreign presence in my head.

"My name is Eyrian," replied the voice. At this point I was able to figure out what the voice was. It was male and I noticed that it was not my own voice. It was something completely different.

"Am... am I going crazy?"

"No you're not," he replied reassuringly. His soothing voice helped calm me down.

"Then what is going on?"

"I am a part of you and always have. Throughout your life I have been sssslumbering within you, unable to do anything as I was locked away in your mind. Earlier today you witnesssssed an event that disturbed you deeply."

"The bullying incident," I replied in my head.

"Yes. You wanted to intervene and sssstop it but you couldn't. Not in your current sssstate. So that'ssss where I came in."

Where he came in? What, did he possess me or something? "What do you mean?"

"Your craving to be able to do ssssomething caussssed me to awaken and set myself free. I helped feed your rage and let it grow. When you felt confident enough to sssstrike back, I sssstepped in."

"What did you do?"

"I took over your body. Only temporarily though. That'ssss when you blanked out. When I stepped in, I taught Richard over there a... lessssson."

A lesson? I suddenly realised that Eyrian attacked him and gave Richard the scratch marks that looked like they were given by... a wild animal. "W-what are you?"

I heard a small laugh before he answered my question. "I'm what you humanssss call a dragon."

A dragon?! I wanted to deny this but I didn't dare backtalk Eyrian. Common sense would have told me that him being a dragon would be a lie but there was a feeling in my head that made me know that he was telling the truth. Maybe it was him giving me this feeling but I didn't really know. "What do you want with me?"

"I don't want anything from you. You want ssssomething from me." I was about to reply but Eyrian quickly continued talking. "You want to punish these terrible people but you can't and you know why. It's becausssse you are a weak human."

"What are you suggesting?"

"I can give you part of my power. With thissss power you can help those in need, like you want, and punish those who torment them. You can exact justice into this pitiful world."

"What kind of power are we talking about here?" I was hesitant as to what he was suggesting at first but the more he spoke, the more it sounded reasonable and something that I wanted.

"Allow my mind to fully merge with yourssss and you will be given a new body, a body that will relinquish peace and good to the world around you."

Merging minds? That sounded... dangerous. "Will I still keep my own mind and my memories?"

"Of course. I don't mean you any harm. I jusssst want to be able to help with your life. Remember, I am and alwayssss have been a part of you."

I gulped, or at least I would have if time wasn't standing still. "Alright. Do it."

I think I heard Eyrian smile before he said, "You will not regret thissss." His voice faded away and time began to flow normally again.

I was still suffocating from Richard's immense grip but he quickly let go and prepared himself for another punch. I wasn't going to let him hurt me again. His fist was fast but not fast enough. I caught his swinging arm and held it still in the air. I was surprised by how fast I reacted.

I felt Eyrian presence in my head again but this time he felt more 'involved'. Instead of being in the back of my mind I felt that he was throughout my body instead, helping me fight back.

"What the..." stuttered out Richard as his two lackeys stood in the background in awe. He readied his other fist for a second attempt at hitting me but, quicker than he could react, I hit him first with my free hand. I growled and grit my teeth as he flew back away from me.

I couldn't stop growling at him because I was just so angry. I began to fear what was happening to me but Eyrian's voice appeared again and assured me that nothing bad was going to happen. He said, "Don't fight it. Embrace it."

I took those few words to heart and let my growing animalistic instincts take me over. I opened my mouth and echoed out a deep, frightening roar before my body was overcome with a severe, stabbing pain. "Thissss might hurt a bit," said Eyrian. No shit.

My hands started to burn and I raised them in front of my eyes. They were shaking uncontrollably as I grew more and more uncomfortable with what was happening. I saw the skin of my palms turn a sickly orangey colour as the burning intensified. Suddenly the skin began to flake off leaving behind a neat, clean set of shining orange scales. Oh crap.

"You're turning me into a dragon, aren't you?" I questioned mentally to Eyrian.

"Well you're a clever one, aren't you?" sarcastically remarked the dragon that was in my head. "A sssside effect of our mindssss merging is that our bodiessss merge as well. I wouldn't worry too much. This issss the power I was talking about before; the power to do good in thissss world."

I didn't fight back at him. I just accepted what was going on and tried to focus on getting past the pain. I looked up at Richard who was cowering away from me in disbelief as his two friends sat and watched as well. Funny how they didn't run away when they had the chance. I guess humans are just too curious.

An explosion of pain shot through my fingertips as dark black claws ripped through my fingernails like they were made of tissue paper. I briefly admired by new set of natural weapons before the changes continued to spread down my arm. Rows after rows of smooth orange scales scattered themselves along my two arms as they made their way to the rest of my body. I felt the tingling of the growth of my new exterior spread across my torso so they spread up and down.

The tingling quickly became irritating as the new grown scales on my torso felt uncomfortable under my shirt so I did they first thing that popped in my mind: I used my sharp claws to tear away the shirt. It revealed rows of hard, yellow scutes that spread along the middle of my chest in a thick, straight line that started from between my legs and ended at the top of my neck, under my chin.

I heard Richard gasp in fear after I tore off my shirt. I grinned at the sound. It felt good to make him feel like the little kid that he pushed over. The scales continued down my legs as they made their way to my feet. When my two feet were completely covered by orange something very painful happened. The bones in my feet, ankles and shins snapped disgustingly as they broke apart and reshaped themselves. I cried out in pain as the bones continued to move around around my scales. The pain left as quickly as it arrived and I was left staring at my new feet which were now foreign to me. The structure looked as though it would not allow me to walk as I normally did. I looked like any wild animal's feet so I assumed that I would have to walk on the balls of my feet from now on. Bummer.

The base of my spine started to tingle as it grew out the bottom of my pants, spreading them apart. I was glad that the spread of the scales had caused my... 'you-know-what' to disappear otherwise this could have been really embarrassing for me since I wanted to invoke fear into these three, not laughter. The spinal extension turned into a tail as it grew roughly three feet long. Muscle within the new appendage began to form as the tail began to appear much more defined. I swung around the tail for a second and felt satisfied by it.

Suddenly I felt two strange growths popping out from my back. I tried to turn around to see what was happening but I was unable to. I tried to figure out what was occurring before it suddenly dawned on me. If I made becoming a dragon then I would need to have a set of... wings. I grinned enthusiastically as I welcomed the new appendages. Like it knew what I wanted, the growths exploded out of my back in a painful, yet relieving, action. At first they looked like new arms but soon the 'fingers' elongated and a fine, yet strong, yellow membrane grew between them. I flapped them and was surprised by how good the feeling of wind rushing past the membrane felt. I couldn't wait to try these out.

At this point almost all of my body had become a dragons instead of a humans but there was one more important part left: my head. The scales tingled as they covered the remaining human skin left on my body on my head. My hair fell out in large clumps as my scalp became scaled. My ears burned slightly as they stretched out and became finned. My vision became blurry and I shut my eyes for a few seconds before reopening them. The first thing I noticed was how clear everything was and how much brighter everything was. I figured that my eyes had become draconic and I was right. A loud snap coming from the front of my face caused me to yell out, or technically roar out, as it stretched out to a long, draconic muzzle. My teeth became loose and they fell out as sharp teeth designed for ripping and tearing through flesh replaced them. The tip of my tongue felt odd as it became forked like a snakes tongue.

I thought that the transformation was done and apparently it had a few more surprises in store for me. Two bony horns protruded out of my scalp and grew about a foot long each. My neck snapped as it elongated to about a foot in length. My spine stung as black spikes stabbed outwards along my body. The spikes looked sharp and incredibly threatening which made me smile. Spikes also grew out of my two elbows as a secondary weapon in case my claws weren't effective. The insides of my body went on fire and my muscles began to swell up and become more defined. I growled as this happened; possibly hundreds of years of training and draconic strength just rushing into my body in a matter of seconds. Also in those few seconds I had grown from 5'10'' to 8'.

I groaned out a deep, throaty growl as I turned towards the three witnesses. "Now," I began to speak. At first I was put off my how deep and threatening my voice had becoming but I shrugged it off and continued to talk. "Where were we?"

"Umm, Mike?" asked Eyrian in my mind.

"What isss it?" I mentally replied.

"The change isn't done."

"What are you talking ab- ACK!" I was cut short by two new sources of pain that had appeared around my waist. It felt almost exactly like the pain that occurred before my wings popped out.

"I'm not a normal dragon," said Eyrian.

"T-then, what are you?"

"I'm a dragontaur."

"A what? AHHH!!!" I cried out in pain as two growths burst out the front of my waist. I looked down briefly and saw that the new body parts were shaping into feet of their own; complete with toes and claws. My spine suddenly exploded in pain as it began to become longer, making my whole body stretch out in the process. The new 'legs' grew longer and I tried to move them. I made them try and claw along the wooden ground. When I felt confident that I could support myself with them I used all of the muscles in them to push myself off the ground. I was able to but, as I pushed higher, I figured that this couldn't have been the last step yet. My body was still flat and it looked like I was performing a push-up with these new legs instead of my arms. When the legs grew to the same size as my other legs, my back suddenly arched back without me doing anything as the spinal curvature behind my waist bent back at a right angle to the ground. Okay, NOW I think that this is done.

I spotted a dusty mirror in the corner and I approach it so I could admire my new form. I wiped the dust off it and stood in front of it and stared at my new body. I was seven foot long, six foot high orange dragontaur. I stood majestically as I appreciated my new form more and more. I had become a fearsome beast and I couldn't have been happier.

I heard a whimper behind me and I turned to face these three terrified cowards. Hmm, I almost forgot about them. "W-who... WHAT are you?!" stuttered out Richard. Honestly, by the way he was acting, I was surprised that he was able to speak at all!

I grinned as I approached him and spoke. "My name is Eyrian and I am here to teach you a lessssson that you won't ssssoon forget." The name 'Eyrian', although I was still me and I was still in control over my body, felt fitting to use. I mean, I borrowed his body so it's only right that I acknowledge him. I grinned evilly as the three guys gasped in utter fear. I could tell that they didn't want to even think about what I had planned. "Now, where were we?"