Chapter 5

“Hey Thora, I’m done. What’s next?” she asked with impatience.

“Don’t disturb me, girl. I’m thinking,” replied Thora, in an annoyed tone.

Lavana widened her eyes in bewilderment.

“Seriously. You know we have less than 25 minutes and you wanna just waste it on thinking? Thinking about what?” she complained.

“Shush, I need a plant that could help make your butt look nicer after changing to a dragon. Don’t disturb me.” Thora warned.

Lavana felt defeated. This annoying Thora... Can she have more awareness of time? Is she really gonna waste it on meaningless things like improving her butt size?

5 minutes later

“Perfect!” Thora suddenly opened her eyes and exclaimed in delight.

Lavana frowned.

“What now?” she asked in annoyance. Can they just get this done?

“I found the perfect fruit for you. I can’t believe it. It’s been with us all along.” Thora said happily and rose.

“So what damn fruit is it and how far is it from here?” Lavana asked without care. She just accepted the fact that this little dragon was just here to waste time and watch her suffer.

“It’s the one you just ate. I never knew it worked on butts too. Now our boobs and butt prob has been solved. Let’s now progress to your face and your body skin. You are like some starved ghost’s incarnation. I’ll need you to eat plenty of...”

“Hey!” Lavana had to interrupt her.

“Enough of your suggestions. Teach me the damned dances and let’s get on with the shifting. I’m exhausted already.”

Thora gave her a menacing look, but Lavana refused to back down. She gave her a baleful look in return.

“Little dragon, I don’t have time to waste with you. Hurry up!” she fired.

“Are you repeating my words? And how dare you call me little? I’m way older than your ugly ancestors.” Thora spat.

“So what? It just means you are a monster then. Or should I say, old hag wearing baby skin?” Lavana taunted.

“Oh girl, I am gonna make you regret ever insulting me.” Thora started performing a dance.

The movements seemed so easy and fluid, but to Lavana, it was like asking a pig to fly.

Thora suddenly stopped dancing. “There are 5 minutes left. No time to coach you. I already showed you the first dance. Here’s the second one, Lavana.”

“You finally call me by my name.”

“You are stupid.” Thora cussed and started performing another set of dance moves. These were harder and Lavana already had a headache.

“2 minutes left, but it’s more than enough to show you the last dance. Watch intently, dummy.”

Thora said and performed a dance that was fast, mesmerizing, and seductive. Lavana could swear her heart fluttered. This little dragon was born to dance. But then, the main issue had finally reared its head.

How was she even gonna perform the first dance?

Thora finished the dance doing obeisance, her hair covering a part of her face, the visible part was showing a sly smirk.

Lavana weakly applauded with many thoughts racing through her mind.

“Alright, I’m done. Hope you got the hang of it. I don’t teach things twice. Now, pat your tummy.”

“Eh?”

“Are you dumb? Pat your tummy!”

“You repeated your instruction just now.”

“You...” Thora was left speechless.

Lavana patted her tummy.” What’s next?”

“You are about to transform. Pat your hips and thighs.”

Lavana sighed and obeyed.

“What’s with that attitude? Do you think I’m having fun here? Hug yourself!” Thora thundered.

“Good, now blink your eyes thrice... no... seven times.”

“Why do I feel all these aren’t even related to the transformation?” Lavana asked unhappily.

“Do as I tell you; I hate being questioned by weaklings.”

“If you are so great, then why are you bound to me with the other two sisters?”

“Shut up, girl. Shake your butt. This is terrible. I knew your butt was lacking flesh, but I didn’t know it was this shocking. Even a chalkboard has more meat. What kind of human are you?”

“Point of correction. I’m not a human.” Lavana corrected as she tried to shake her hips.

Thora facepalmed. “I’m so unlucky!” she muttered. “Are you having fun? Shake those hips, dummy.” she barked.

“Can’t you see my effort?” Lavana fired back.

“Oh, effort! Where is it? Why don’t I see it? Is it invisible? Look at me; I may be small but my hips don’t lie.” Thora started twerking and then stopped. “See that? You can’t even shake your hips and make men drool. You are worse than pitiful.”

“I quit. I don’t want to be a dragon anymore. The other two are already a handful.” Lavana stopped listening to Thora and instead sat cross-legged.

“You...” Thora pointed at Lavana, unable to say anything.

“I’ll leave you to your fate then.” she sat cross-legged and closed her eyes. 

She’d started meditating for real.

At that moment, Lavana’s spine shot out. The backbone could be seen as the skin on her back was ripped open. Blood flowed out and mixed with the water.

She wanted to scream out her pain but couldn’t as she felt her chest tightening along with her throat. Her teeth all fell out and her face started changing shape as her facial bones cracked and re-arranged themselves. She clutched her neck which had begun to elongate.

Her whole body felt like she was being electrocuted. Her legs’ bones snapped, cracked and started forming a bent backward C shape. Her feet then enlarged with long, sharp, silver toenails. The same happened to her hands, only they were a little smaller.

She managed to crouch, and the transformation sped up. Sharp canine teeth grew out of her gums and her eyes reformed; causing bloody tears to escape and mix with the water.

Her rib cage broke as spikes came out of her hands and backbone. She felt something growing out of her butt crack along with spikes. It must be her tail!

“Damn you, Thora!” she cussed when she could finally talk. Scales started appearing on her feet, progressing fast to her face. She felt like 1000 ants were tickling and biting her at the same time.

Her eyes lit up as they had changed to gold.

Blood trickled down her nose and mixed with the water. She felt the pain subside and crashed to the streambed, causing some sand to move about before settling again.

Above her was her floating skin and blood.

They started gathering and soon formed a purple crystal, which forced its way into her mouth. She weakly swallowed it, but shockingly, it didn’t go past her throat - it seemed stuck.

She had a bad feeling about this.