Title: Shedding Scales Chp3 Author: SafCar009 Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/LVMsEvwz First Edit: Monday 21st of October 2013 08:28:55 PM CDT Last Edit: Monday 21st of October 2013 08:28:55 PM CDT "What's taking so long?"   That's all anyone would have said here. It had been a minute and nothing had happened since swallowing that jewel. Odd thing was it tasted like... grapes? I don't know, that's not important. What was important was that I was still more of a man than Garble and he was hoping for a lady dragon that was more of a man than him. Which probably meant a hundred-foot drop again.   Garble uncrosses his arms and grins at me. "Well, time for Plan B."   Wait, this guy actually thought of a Plan B? His claws once again say yes as they grab me and he flies me up. I let out a disappointed sigh. "You realize you're an idiot for thinking that another sky dive will change your entertainment, right?"   All he does is let out a laugh. "That's why I'm not planning on doing that again."   I feel my stomach ache as I look down, and I was kinda hoping the crystal actually worked. Garble wasn't having me skydive; he was gonna force me to cannonball.   "You're fucking insane."   "Says the dude about to get scorched by the magma pit."   And with that he lets go.   I start falling again for the second time today, the only thing different here was that I only had enough time to think "Well I'm totally fucked." When I hit the magma, though, it feels like a swimming pool. My clothes burn off, but for whatever reason, I'm not turned to charcoal yet. I feel that ache in my stomach return and when look down at it, I notice how warm it is, especially compared to the magma. I also notice something blue caked over it.   "You're an interesting creature, you," an unfamiliar voice says. It sounds like Garble, except with less brutish accent and a more mastermind tone. I look around, but all I see is the think orange liquid.   "I had intended that crystal for creatures from here, but the fact that you managed to resist the spell proves to be quite... peculiar."   So he was the one that gave Garble that jewel then?   "Indeed I am."   Holy crap, he can read minds too.   "Back to the topic at hand, the jewel couldn't work on you unless I increased the amplification. It'd normally kill Equestrian beings, but it's enough for you. I'd much rather keep you alive than see you turn to ash any day." Wait, then that meant...   Shit.   I look down at my stomach and the small blue covering spreads up my torso.   "I do indeed look forward to seeing what a human can do. Do be careful, will you?"   I look down and see the scales reaching my legs. I look closer at my colors and see that the scales are cyan and cerulean. Weird colors if I wasn't changing to a sea serpent or something like that. They said it'd change me to a dragon, what else? Oh, that's right, I'd be changing to a female dragon.   Wait.   Wait a minute.   Wait one freaking minute!   But the spell doesn't want to, and I close my eyes and cringe as it draws in my penis and slowly shrinks it. All I can feel is nothing but a closed hole in where my old buddy used to be. I look down when the whole thing is done and see that not only are my fears assured, but my hands have grown to claws. I look down the new, slender curves of my (gulp) feminine body and see my feet stretch out into talon-like claws. I feel two sharp pains between my shoulderblades and at the base of my spine. I try to look at them and see dark blue spines poke out along my spine and newly formed tail. I feel a sweeling occur on my upper chest and see a pair of round, scaly breasts emerge. Not big, but just enough to remind me of how I lost my masculinity.   Having had enough of my quick dip, I try to get out and start swimming to the edge of the magma pool. Thankfully my new wings help me start to get out as I feel my snout press outwards. I firmly grip the edge and close my eyes as the rest of my head follows suit. When they open, I see that Garble and the others (minus Spike) had been watching me the entire time.   "What are you-" an unfamiliar voice yells.   I clasp my mouth shut as soon as I speak. Weird, so that's my voice now? It sounded a little sassy and tough, but distinctly female. Heh, almost perfect.   I try again after my short-lived realization. "What are you jerks looking at?"   The guys just keep staring at me, catching flies in their mouths. Then I see Spike look up from a nearby rock, no doubt surprised by the new drake swimming in the lava pool. He seems skeptical, but his face suddenly changes as he manages to blurt out "Derek?"   As if by command, the rest of the boys suddenly start blinking and moving. Garble was the first one to speak. "Well I'll be damned," he managed, "To think that stupid chaos king was telling the truth." He then waltzed over and reached for my chest and-   Oh, right, boobs.   "Not just a dragon... but a female too?" he asked as he moved his arms to behind my back. "Dayum, girl, you're looking fine."   Yep, there it goes.   I'm not sure how hard I did it or whether or not it hurt like it was supposed to, but damn did it feel amazing. A knee to the crotch was all it took to bring down the mighty dragon pimple. He was rolled up on on the ground, reeling in pain, and all his "friends" could is stand and watch. I spit on his miserable, writhing self before I dropped some advice on him.   "The next time you want to change someone into your sex slave, just ask Albino Dragon over there." And with that, I left them to watch their leader cry out orders for his gems. I caught a glimpse of pink spikes blushing before I went off, only for Spike to chase after me. After I heard him call my name, I turned arounnd to see what he wanted.   "Derek, about this, I... I'm..." He starts, only for tears to begin leaking out of his eyes. At the very least, he can't even apologize, much less explain everything?   "Forget it, Spike," I tell him coldly. As much as I'd like to know what's going, I frankly couldn't care less right now. There's a bunch of teenage dragons watching me, too, so I can't really look weak to them after kneeing Garble. So with no other option left, I walked into a nearby cave, trying to hide the hot tears as the dragons just stayed there helping Garble get back on his feet.   All I could focus on then were the tears a former friend shed for me.