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Hespa's Story part 6 - Transformation

So you're Emma, hmm?  Hespa's mentioned you a few times....  It's all right.  I'm sure we'll find a way to send you home, but in the mean time you might as well enjoy your stay Here, right?  I mean, I've been to Real Life a few times.  It's a very...strange...place, as I'm sure Alfandra must seem to you.  But how often to you get to interact with dragons there, besides typing for Hespa?  <toothygrin, which he hopes will not scare Emma>

"Well... true..."  Emma looks around herself, a smile starting to light her face.  "I mean, I'd rather *be* a dragon, but failing that..."  A sudden thought strikes her.  "Hmm, I wonder where Hespa keeps Artlan's shape-shifting pills..."

"You know we could just kind of go 'zap' and make ya a dragon.  Just while you're in Alfandra ya' know."  ];8)

"Sounds good to me!"

Cira grins merrily and and dances around Emma.  Yellow, red, and blue sparklies glitter on his scales and float off forming a cloud around Emma.  The sparklies whiz about obscuring her from view.  Cira steps back to stand by Pyros watching the multicolored swirl.  The glowing cloud forms into a dragon which is just a touch larger than Pyros and Cira.  The dragon opens its eyes and looks about unsteadily.  It has a wild color scheme, variegated Yellow to Red with Blue razorback stripes on its back, legs, and wings (and looks very cool).

"How's that Emma?"  ]:8)

Emma the dragon stares down at herself, stunned.  A slow grin spreads across her jaws.

Wow...psychadelic...Good job, Cira.

"I'm a dragon.  I'm a DRAGON!!!"

With a whoop of delight, she dances on the spot - apparently she's getting the hang of having four legs very quickly.

Cira beams with delight, knowing this will be good for Emma.

Emma grins back, her expression even more reminiscent of Hespa's now.

**good grief, and a big dragon too!...er, emma... don't get *too* used to it, ok?...we still need to swap back soon**

Emma pauses, suddenly looking very downcast.  "Do we have to?" she asks plaintively.

**YES!!...i don't wanna spend the rest of my life as a human freak show!...and i don't imagine you want to spend the rest of your life without your parents, or any of your human friends...**

The newly-created dragon frowns.  "Well... good point.  All right, all right, back to business."

"Yes, we don't want Hespa stuck in RL.  Many terrifying things happened to me growing up there.  On a couple of occasions I wouldn't have survived if I'd been Hespa's size.  So we really *must* rescue her before anything bad occurs."

**thankyou**