Chapter 3 My first shift.

We started walking into the cave where Sapphire said it was fine and safe. As we're walking I notice that I can see perfectly in the dark.

'How is that even possible?' I think to myself

'Remember Lily I can hear your thoughts ,' she laughs. It is very possible, we are the strongest and the most special dragon after all' Sapphire speaks in my mind. As I'm walking, Sapphire tells me how much she wishes she had been with me all this time and how different our lives could've been with each other instead.

'There's one more thing I should explain to you Lily.. we will have a fated mate'

'A fated.. mate?' I ask uncertainly. What's that supposed to even mean?

'Yes Lily, a fated mate, our soulmate. We will know the moment we smell them, their scent will entice us and we will want nothing more than to go and be with them. Being with them makes us feel complete. The feeling is wonderful and having a mate is what we live for. Some people never meet their fated mate but we have one.I know we do.' Sapphire says

We keep going until she tells me the spot we've reached is good enough.

'Okay Lily this is gonna be pretty painful and brutal if I'm being honest with you. We should have shifted on your 10th birthday and it's almost your 17th. This isn't normal so it's gonna be painful at first. Just listen to me and I'm gonna guide you through this the best I can. Start by sitting on the ground and breathing.' she explains, sounding so concerned. It does not help my nerves at all.

'Okay Sapphire, I am sitting on the ground, taking deep breaths, now what?' I question the dragon in my head. Before I can say anything else I feel my mind and body begin changing.. my body becomes larger and foreign like it isn't my own. A guttural scream escapes my mouth as my body morphs and changes into that of my dragon.

'SAPPHIRE IT HURTS SO BAD'

'Lily, shhh, calm down, it's okay. Just breathe it'll all be over soon.' Sapphire tries to soothe me.

I continue to breathe and I close my eyes tight to try and distract myself from the pain. What feels like forever passes and when the pain is gone, I open my eyes...

Everything is looking so much brighter and sharper . I also notice that I am definitely not 5 '6 anymore. I have to be like 25 feet tall. I try to walk and start falling instead.

'Here,' Sapphire offers, 'let me take over for a little while you adjust Lily' I let her come forward and take control. She starts walking and stretching her wings out, she's looking at her tail and wings and all I can think is wow. Beautiful Sapphire with the colour purple everywhere. She's got to be the most beautiful dragon ever. Her shiny scales and massive wings, sharp ass teeth and a beautiful face.

'Want to see something cool?' Sapphire asks me.

'Of course I do' I reply

Instantly I hear her give off the most powerful roar, that makes the cave shake! She starts blowing out flames and then all of a sudden she's blowing out ice!

'Woah!' I say absolutely flabbergasted.

'That's not all!' Sapphire muses before blowing out this purple mist.

'What is that?'

'It's magic Lily, our magic. You'll learn how to use it and when to use it soon. We should head back home now' Sapphire says

'But how do we become human again!?' I basically cry out. I have no idea how we even shifted into our dragon form let alone how to turn back to human. I imagine being human and feel my body change. Once I look down I'm human again, but my clothes are in pieces. I wear the extra clothes I carried with me from home. Eventually, we start walking home and ask Sapphire when we'll be able to do that again.

'Soon, my Lily, soon' is all she says before she goes to the back of my mind.