I yawned as I woke up and felt slightly odd as I did. I blinked as I found out I was laying on a hill and was over looking some kind of forrest. Last thing I remembered was going to sleep at my desk which I knew was real as I just had a dream about kingdom hearts and digimon when I woke up.

Pushing myself up I gave a yelp as I was forced to all fours and snapped my head down to my hands. They were strange to put it mildly. There was four digits like a paw but they were more like my old human hands in shape. They were not covered in skin but some kind of scale the color of crimson. Moving my head I saw the same went for the lower arm until the elbow where a familiar fur met my sight and close examination confirmed it. The fir was fox fur. Looking to my chest I realized that for the tuft of white fur and belly the rest of my torso was covered in the red scale and that my lower legs resembled the front ones but more animalistic then my front arms. Waving behind me was a fox tail and I could see dragon like wings to my sides the same color as the scales but the membrane was more of a light blue color. Finding a nearby pond I moved to take a look at my reflection finding my head had also been changed. It resembled a foxes own head with the sleek fur and angles but growing between the ears were two dragon like horns indigo in color. My eyes had retained their green color but had went from pale green to deep emerald. Not only that but there was two triangular pointed stripes on the sides of my face made of the same scales as most of my body almost like birthmarks. And there was a few bangs at the forehead between the horns that was what remained of my natural messy hair.

Taking a better look the upper limbs of my new body was seamlessly those of a fox with the scales having a smooth transition from the points where the fur and it met. Not only that my hind quarters was definitly those of a fox just with some scale blending into the fur. I opened my mouth to see some impressive fangs and luckily my tounge was normal. I extended the wings after a moment firing out the muscle and was impressed by the size of them being relative to my new body in scale. 2 and a half feet for each wing. That's five feet across from wingtip to wingtip fully extended. The tail was a bit longer then a real fox's by about 3 inches. I almost thought I was some kind of Neopet from the design I looked like. To my surprise I saw a babykorbat fly overhead and backed away from the pond and moved to take a close look around my surroundings again realizing that the nearby forrest is the meridell forest which meant I was in neopia and was currently a Neopet but one I never saw before.

A fox/dragon hybrid which I thought was something I thought the mods of the site would have tried to design at some point.

I took a shaky deep breath and focused on calming down from the near panic I was feeling at this situation. I knew this wasn't a dear considering I woke up from the dream I mentioned earlier.

A wack from my left arm to my right showed it was real. The slight throb was proof of it. Pain doesn't exist in dreams.

"So I'm in neopia as a unknown species of Neopet and have no idea how this happened and it it's real as far as I can tell. Lovely. Since I think I'm the first of my kind here I better come up with a name if people ask what I am. Hmm Ryu is the Japanese word for dragon and as the shoryu shows the neopets creators know their foreign language well and I don't think outside a kercheeck their is a fox like Neopet as the lupe is more wolf then fox. So kitsune as well. Ryune sounds good and sounds like rune so there is my species. Better come up with a name as well as I doubt my human one would fit this world. I'll try windpyre for now" I said in a groan at first then became thoughtful.

"Now just one ptoblem... where can I get a job? At the moment I'm homeless and don't exactly know just what I can do. I don't know how to fight in this body and I sure don't know how to fly or even how to detect thermals" I added folding my wings back to my body.

Yes at the moment this situation is not going well. I don't have any neopoints, no neocash and definitly nothing but what body I got in this world. Seeing meridell in the distance I might as well see if someone there can help me.

Good thing I had practice moving on four limbs when I had trouble with my balance when walking. Soon enough I was walking into the kingdom itself and just took a moment to observe the hustle and bustle of resident neopets going about their day. To my surprise I spotted tor the hero of meridell walking around on patrol. Maybe he can help point me in the right direction.

As I approached he seemed curious about something and wasn't even looking at me when I got next to him.

"What should I get for Roberta it's nearly her birthday and I have a hard time trying to find what she likes" mumbled tor to himself and it seemed he didn't know he was talking aloud.

"Why not a book? She likes to study magic right why not find her a Grimmore or a journal to write down new spells?" I said amused and tor jumped with a yelp before realizing someone was next to him.

"Don't scare me like that! ... huh? Who are you I don't think I have seen a Neopet like you before" said tor having to blink as he caught sight of me when he turned.

"Sorry about that my name is Windpyre a Ryune. I'm kind of the first of my kind. I was wondering if you knew where I can get a job I don't exactly have a home or much of anything at the moment. New to neopia after all" I said with a amused look.

"And you didn't realize you were talking aloud were you? I couldn't help but overhear what you were saying" I said.

Tor flushed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Guess not anyway thanks for the idea you helped me a lot there. If your looking for a job I heard my fellow knight's are looking for a new recruit might be worth your while" said tor with a grin.

"Care to lead the way I do know my way around a sword though I might need flying lessons later I don't actually know how to fly yet" I said with a chuckle and my own embarassed expression as I showed him my hands and my own problem with standing on my hind legs.

"Im afraid I need a lot of practice just to move on my hind legs for a bit. I am not sure if I can use fire since I seem to share traits with a scorchio I said motioning to my scales.

"Hmm I'll see if Roberta can help you out at some point" said tor and I nodded. With that he helped me become a recruit starting as a squire. The tunic had to be altered to accommodate the wings but I was surprised how well they took to me for being the first of my kind here. I doubt anyone would beleive I used to be human despite reading the chain quiz and warden force stories.

As it was getting late I settled down to sleep in the bed wondering what the next day would bring.