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A Dragon's Trek to Michigan

Chapter one: May 23rd

May 22, 2015. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Buffalo, Wyoming.

I was laying in bed, feeling pretty sick with the flu. For a person like me, it was pretty normal to get the flu this time of the year. I had been a stroke survivor, but I had a bad heart thanks to my earlier life, and I would get badly sick.

My family, even my parents, left me to go to Michigan. My father wanted to see his parents, and my mother wanted to see her sister. But again, I had to stay behind because of the flu. Toby, a good little dog who also happen to be a bum, lay in my bed beside me. The two other dogs we had slept in their own spots.

I wanted to get up and talk to my friends on steam, and my ventrilo, and “Discord”. It was raid night, and I was also needed for a role play session in another game, but I couldn't move and I was even asked by the officers of the group I lead to get some rest. So as I laying on my bed resting from the sickness. Sleep slowly took me over and my world went black.

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May 23rd

It was seven in the morning. I slowly opened my eyes and groaned a bit. Oddly, I felt better, there was no pain in my stomach or my head. I just laid there for a moment and stared up at the ceiling.

I wasn't sure what I was going to have to eat today, for some reason I had an odd craving for raw meat. With a quick movement of my arms I moved away my blanket. I looked back to the pillow my bed soaked in sweat. I thought to myself, 'Hmm must have been a very hot night. Kind of normal for Wyoming.'

I slowly got out of the bed and blinked.

I looked down at the side of the bed, I felt bigger, maybe I was gaining more weight Slowly got out of the bed, I hit the ground with a loud thump.I blinked a moment and groaned, I tried to get on my hands to get me up, but I saw long scaled legs with very very sharp claws at the end of the foot.

I tried moving the foot the claws and the finger like toes bent like it's a hand. I screamed loudly, it was a strangely feminine sounding scream.. I blinked and got on my haunches looking at all my legs and then between my legs, my eyes went wide..

I didn't have what a male would have between their legs, I tried to keep myself from losing It as I took some deep breaths. I closed my eyes and prayed to myself. "Lord...please let this be a dream please let this be a dream."

I breathed heavily before relaxing a little, I noticed that there was still power. I slowly crawled to my computer. I got on my chair in an awkward way and moved the mouse to bring up the computer.

I looked at my Discord, no one had said anything since yesterday.

I looked at my steam I saw all of them on. I sent messages to them all, but after awhile I didn't get anything back.

I went to the Fox news seeing what the news would say. All I saw was old news and the recent thing was the weather. Of course for Wyoming no rain. I sighed looking to Toby staring at him a bit.

Slowly I got out of my computer chair. Looking around seeing my phone. Rushing to my phone but it was very hard to do this. Since...well...walking on all fours at the moment was a bit of a pain.

I reached for my phone and opened it up it up using the claw very gently to put in the password and notifications came up. I saw that my mother had called me and lifted the phone to what I thought was my ear, this was a pain to do. I heard the phone ring for a minute and then I heard my mother's voice saying to leave a message. Waited for the beep.

"Mom this is Russell. I… something happened mom, I don't know what it was. But I am leaving Wyoming to try and find you in Michigan. If you get this please call me back."

I hung it up and closed my eyes with a sigh. I felt a strange feeling between my legs, I felt like I had to pee.
So being like a bad baby I walked and tilted around and rushed to the toilet and grabbed it with my claws to lift it, but I stopped and stared at it.. How was I going to use it with this body?

I set the lid back down and rushed to my shower, barely getting through the narrow entrance. It wasn't that easy sadly,but I did what I could. I got on my hind legs, I was still 6.3 but that was mostly when I was on all fours.

I grabbed the handle of the shower, and gasped deeply as cold cool water went all over me. I closed my eyes as I let the fluid from between my legs go into the drain. It felt like forever that I had to pee like this. It felt like hours, but of course it was merely a few seconds to a minute. The fluid slowly stopped, which allowed the water to clean my scales.

I turned it off and headed out of the shower before grabbing my towel and trying my best to dry off. I set the towel back down, I doubted that I would ever come back here.

I headed back into my room, I was trying to walk correctly but I still wound up tripping a few times.

I looked at Toby who lifted his head wagging his tail at me. I gave a smile at my bum of a dog. "Come Toby, let's get outside and see what we can find." He jumped off the bed and ran around me, I slowly reaching for the door I tried to open it up.

Of course doing that made me trip on my face with a thump.

"GAH!! Damn it body work work!!" Toby just kept wagging his tail and panting like a bum.

I sighed and slowly got back up trying to keep my balance. I opened the last door, being normal for where I lived I didn't hear many cars, but I saw that my parents didn't take the Ford expedition.

I looked down at the town from the car, Toby sniffed around and got behind the house. I looked towards the town. I saw the Highway, there was no cars or trucks at all. I looked towards the town and couldn’t see or hear anything there either.. I took a deep breath, I didn't smell any exhaust like I normally do.

I felt the cold cold noise of two dogs on my hide. I turned my head and saw Ruby my bull mastiff and my brother's sheep herder Luna. I turned to them and lifted my claw like foot hand? And gently pet them both.

"It's me Russell." They both wagged their tails. I smiled and saw that Luna was wearing the hidden fence collar, it was still working. I decided to take them with me.

I looked towards the other houses, I heard Toby bark as I slowly walked since I didn't feel like running. When I got over to the side, I saw a bear slowly walk up to him.

I growled, I wanted to protect Toby I hissed at the bear. It turned around and stared at me. It backed up at bit, I showed my many teeth. I felt some strange leathery flesh spread from my sides, I noticed I somehow had wings, but at the moment I didn't care.

I slowly got closer and continued baring my teeth. I got on my back legs and made myself look bigger taking a deep breath making a loud dragon like roar that could be heard in town.

During that very roar i had spit and drool leave my mouth. A crest formed from the back of my head. My dog's were all the family I had left, and I would be damned if a bear hurt them. The bear ran away, I got back on all fours and began yelling at the bear.

"Run!! You worthless bear, if I ever see you here again there will be hell to pay!!!" I calmed down and looked down at Toby who just urinated on my tail. I sighed and rolled my eyes. "You bum." Toby looked at me snorting then heading back inside.

I needed to check around to see if anyone else is here in the estate's. Hopefully someone else was here or I would be alone.

I walked to the house near us, I didn't know these folks, but their cars were still there. I noticed their dog's are inside.

I didn't know what to do, but I opened the door and the dogs seemed to leave me alone.

I looked around, then I walked past a mirror that was on the floor. I blinked and looked back into it.

I had a long snout some strange eyelashes come out of my eyes. The irises of the eye's looked to be a gentle light blue. My entire body was covered in thick black scales. I had no spikes on my tail, I spread my crest again on my head.

I had some spikes along it, I also had two white horns on the top of my head.

I couldn't believe it, I was a dragoness. I lifted my wing's i didn't know how to fly back then. I sighed, now it was time to raid for food and find what I needed to get me to Michigan.

I was going to have to search all of Buffalo and that would take a month. It would even take a month or so to make sure everything is ready to go.

So first thing first: raid homes, find food, go back home, and get the trailer set up. I just had to make sure I could get fuel and everything I need.

I opened the fridge and grabbed everything that was meat. I set it on the floor and looked around for a basket to carry the meat. I heard a female voice behind me.

I blinked at the voice, it was soft gentle so smooth as well. I turned my head around and saw the meat floating in a strange glow.

"Here let me help you with that." I saw a unicorn... An honest to god unicorn. She looked liked a light aquamarine unicorn mare. She looked back at me with a gentle smile.

“I'm sure you have questions. I can't tell you everything it will be some time before i can. But I'm here to help you start your journey.”

I just stared at her my eyes wide. I was talking to a unicorn. I was talking to a unicorn. I couldn’t believe it my dreams.
"Do you vanish if someone tells you that unicorns aren't real?" I softly asked.

She stared at me with a little smile forming on her face again. She walked up to me and lifted her hoof, lightly booping my nose.

I just stared at the hoof feeling it. She was real...I started to sob hard wrapping around the mare crying.
The poor mare I'm sure she had no idea how to act but she at least tried. "Shh it's okay. I won't leave you alone till your journey starts."

The sobbing went through the house I felt such pain filling me. It felt like the end of the world, would be with Jesus returning with a war. But it seemed fate had another idea.

Tears streamed down my face, I am sure when they landed on the poor unicorn that she was drenched in tears.

I moved back when I finally calmed down and gave her a smile.

"You got a name miss dragon?"

I blinked a moment and looked. "I um....Russell. It's a guy's name." I noticed the face of the mare got bright red, she shook her head and her mind back to normal, then smiled.

"Well Russell I'm Lyra, Lyra Heartstrings. Maybe we should give you a new name."

I blinked again for a moment before sighing and nodded. Slowly walking out of the house heading back to mine. Looking back at her.

"Well first I need to find the MRE's that my parents collected. I need to also find more food cooler's and raid the rest of the houses here."

We walked inside the house and the three dog's were waiting for us. I opened the fridge, there was still power. "Place it in there Lyra, please." Lyra gave a nod and placed the meat inside the fridge. I closed the fridge and looked to her again.

"Can you explain to me what has happened?" I simply asked. The unicorn mare gave me a gentle look and just smiled.

"I wish I could Russell But I sadly can't. You will learn down the line. But for now you need to find everything you need maybe even raid the town down below us. After you get everything you need I will be leaving."

I gave her a nod before slowly walking through the house to find what I need and boy this would take awhile. I had a long journey ahead of me, So it's time to get started.