Suddenly a loud booming voice shouted," Narkon, It has been a long time since I saw you here and you're here also,Aria ." A large stone dragon jumped on the ground that caused shock waves around him.

Narkon looked at the stone dragon and replied," Hello, Rajan, we are here to initiate this person's awakening as a dragon."

Rajan grinned and laughed," Good, we always need more of our race. I already know why and where you brought him. I have been strictly ordered by the king to wait for him. So the king can watch the awakening process personally, because there is no telling what your race is and it's interesting to have people awakening with unknown origin.

Aria replied," My father will be here shortly. So you don't have to worry Rajan. You can prepare for the awakening. We can start when my father gets here.”

So this arrogant woman is a princess? Makes sense.

Rajan nodded and said," Ok, I will get the awakening ready and by the way, beware of the rock. Rajan turned his rocky body around and a rock the size of an elephant appeared and shot out behind him and hurtled towards John, Aria, and Narkon. John ducked to avoid getting hit by the rock. Aria and Narkon sidestep the huge rock and the rock harmlessly hit the side of the arena.

Aria yelled in fright," Watch it with the rocks you unintentionally make! This is why stone dragons are ordered to avoid fancy establishments because they would wreck the place.”

Note: stone dragons can't help but make big rocks that throw themselves at buildings and so the houses of stone dragons are built to withstand the damage and other dragons shy away from allowing them into their establishment when the stone dragons are transformed into their dragon forms. Well, all buildings are for the humanoid forms of dragons.

Rajan blew a puff of brown smoke and retorted," Calm your wits, I was just joking." Rajan transformed into his humanoid form and started casting magic that formed a circle. Rajan's humanoid form is a dirty blond haired guy, with a beard reaching his shoulders. He has a physique similar to a viking.

“This is going to take awhile. Just wait a bit until I'm done.”

An hour passed, a tall, broad man with silver hair, with a crown on his head, walked in and held a silver-haired woman's hand. Aria ran up to them and jokingly yelled,"Took your time? Their could of been a crazed dragon here and I would of been dead or wounded? " and she hugged the two figures revealed as her parents. The king looked at John and said," I am happy that we found you because the gods wanted you to be home and I have a good reason you might do great change for our people.”

John turned to look at Rajan. He is finishing up a circle of stones with each having a different symbol.

Rajan announced," the awakening ritual spell is done. I have placed 7 magical stones coinciding with all of the types of dragons by the ancient practice of awakening. John steps into the circle and we shall begin your awakening. "

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John nodded and walked up to the outer edges of the magic circle. John hesitated for a couple of seconds and took a deep breath. John then walked inside the magic circle. John looked at Rajan and said," Rajan, I'm ready to begin my awakening."

Rajah looked at the king and said," My lord, may I begin."

The king nodded and said," Yes, you may begin, but just for safety, put another barrier for our protection."

Rajan eyed the king and sighed," Alrighty, I'll put up the second barrier for added protection, but I don't believe we will need the added protection from the awakening." Rajan spoke in an echoic loud voice,"

"Bearer magi" and a translucent boundary immediately formed around the stone circle. A second magic barrier appeared around the whole arena. Rajan turned and said to John," close your eyes and try to feel power through you and take it with your mind and control it and then say Vekke."

John nodded and closed his mind and focused on the magic power he had inside of him. He did this for what seemed to be an hour. John then felt a jolt of magic that felt like electricity going through his body. He saw in his mind. A source of magic getting thrown at him. He saw in his mind a dragon, 30 ft tall, and the length of 3 elephants stacked against each other. The dragon then looked at him and blew flames at him with fierce ferocity.John yelled Vekke, as the dragon blew flames at him. John awoke from the awakening ritual with a jolt. The first thing he noticed when he woke up is that he felt different. John opened his eyes and saw Narkon, Aria, the king, the queen, and Rajan outside the arena, startled and mouths gaping open wide. John noticed he was way taller than all of them and this confused him, but the king interrupted his thought.

The king stuttered,"...It looks like..the awakening ritual is done."

John Questioned," How do you think that?"

Aria spoke up and yelled while stuttering, "...Look at yourself!"

John excitably thought

Oh yeah, I think the ritual worked because I feel different. I feel a surge of power inside me

John looked down and felt where his hands were. He felt his claws hooking the ground. John breathed in the air and noticed fire coming out when he exhaled.

I guess dragons transform into their dragon form.

He looked down and saw his body; He saw chrome black scales covering the front of his chest and where his hands were, claws took its place. All John could see is chrome black everywhere except for his claws we're white. He felt from his behind what he assumed to be his tail swing in front of him and it landed on the ground with a thud.

Aria interrupted his awe of himself and yelled, "So I guess you are indeed a dragon, I apologize fully!"

The king shushed Aria in a calm composure and said, "I’m sorry for my daughter’s arrest. I heard all about it from a magic message from Narkon."

The queen whispered in the king's ear about something and the king nodded and said, "Thank you, wife, for reminding me. John, you need to focus and go back to your humanoid form. I will give you a tour of the city because I have time to kill."

John wondered what kind of dragon he could be, but he shook his head to focus on transforming back into a human form. John then focused his magic energy and thought of himself as a human and felt his body shrink and his body return to his human form.

That was easier than I thought

The king said, "follow me," and all of the people in the arena followed the king except Rajan.