Disclaimer: I don't own any rights to the Gundam boys. I'm just here to play with them.

This is an idea I had floating around in my head for awhile and I finally put it down on paper so to speak. The premise: A defiant young dragon named Nataku is punished for defying the laws of his clan and repeatedly going into the human world to look for other dragon clans. His punishment is to be reborn a human. In human form, he is our beloved Wufei. This is the story of his human life and what happens when he falls under the ownership of one Lord Treize Kushrenada.

Dragon Heart

Prologue

"Your transgressions against this clan cannot go unpunished, Nataku."

The only response to the booming voice coming from the raised dais was the rattle of chains as the proud black dragon raised his head to meet his punishment. He faced the counsel of eight dragons, one from each of the ruling families. Behind him, only his father was present to witness the sentencing. His mother had been too upset when he had been captured and taken to prison. His father had forbidden his siblings from attending and his friends were not allowed to attend as only family members were permitted.

The hall was dark, lit only by a few torches and it was very hot. Even for dragons it was considered hot. The old bastards can't generate enough heat by themselves anymore, the chained young dragon thought with bitter satisfaction.

"Despite warnings and threats you have continued to travel to the human territories. You have been seen and attacked several times. The humans are now on the lookout for dragons and are closing in on our borders. In case you have forgotten whelp, we live here in this barren land with our dwindling numbers because of the humans. They almost wiped us out the last time they found out where we lived. You are placing everyone…..your family, friends….in grave danger. I know you are not the only one, but since you refuse to reveal your comrades, the only redeeming value you seem to possess, the consequences will fall solely on your shoulders."

Nataku snorted and he heard his father's disapproving growl behind him. He didn't care what his father thought or threatened. He would not turn in his friends just to receive a lesser sentence. They had been searching the human territories for a new place for their clan to live for years now. Rumors of other dragons existing in a faraway land had spurred them into action. Their clan was languishing and something needed to be done. Surely there was a better place for them to live in peace.

"Your dragon heart will be removed and you will be reborn as a human. Since you seem to prefer their world to ours so much, you can live in it…. permanently."

Nataku roared in defiance and sent a tornado of flames toward the counsel, but his chains were immediately yanked, bending his neck back so far he was facing the ceiling. The flames barely touched the counsel as the room filled with deafening roars as Nataku struggled, his father roared in disgrace and the counsel set their punishment in motion.

Nataku was engulfed in white flames as he thrashed around as much as the chains would allow. The counsel kept up their deafening roar which segued into a chant of an ancient tongue.

Nataku's body burned with a heat he never knew existed. His mind was being overtaken by a blinding white hot pain and then the worst feeling he could imagine assaulted his entire being. His chest heaved as all the air was sucked from his lungs and then the excruciating heat was gone. In its place was a debilitating cold. He'd never felt such a sensation. Dragons craved heat and avoided cold like the plague. It could be the death of them in extreme situations.

Nataku couldn't feel his body anymore. He felt like he was trapped within a cold vise, suffocating. The cold permeated every fiber of his soul and he thought he would never survive the torture, but suddenly all sensation was gone and he felt like he was floating in a void of nothingness, all sense of time and self gone.

To be continued….