The Dragon of Narnia
Chapter 1
The Dawn Treader docked at Goldwater Island. Eustace, Lucy, Edmund, and Caspian got out of the longboat.
"Captain Drinian, we're going ashore for a while to look around. Mind the boat while we're gone."
"Aye aye, sir!"
Edmund, Lucy and Caspian went to investigate the gold water they saw in a hole. They saw a statue of a gold figure and a sword at the bottom of the lake.
"That must be one of the seven lords and his sword," said Caspian. "Edmund, use your sword to grab his sword."
Edmund did so. He then put a seashell in the water. When he took it out, he saw that it had turned to gold. He stared at it.
"What are you staring at?" Lucy asked.
"Whoever has access to this pool…could be the most powerful person in the world." He turned to Lucy. "Lucy...we'd be so rich. No one would tell us what to do."
"You can't take anything out of Narnia, Edmund." Caspian said.
"Says who?"
"I do."
Edmund glared at Caspian. He drew his sword. "I'm not your subject."
"You've been waiting for this, haven't you? To challenge me; you doubt my leadership?"
"I'm tired of playing second for you! First it was Peter and now it's you. I deserve a kingdom of my own! I deserve to rule!"
"If you think you're so brave…prove it!"
Edmund and Caspian swung their swords and started to duel, but Lucy stopped them. They gathered their things and went back to the ship.
Meanwhile, Eustace walked along the island. "Oh yes. Follow the imaginary blue star to the island of Ramandoo-doo. Place seven steak knives at the table of a talking lion." He walked and walked until he saw something glittering in a cavern.
"What is that?"
Just then, the rock gave way underneath his feet and he fell into the cavern. When he got up, he looked around and saw that the cavern was filled with gold!
"I must be dead," he said to himself. He got up and started walking around, putting gold in his pockets. He looked over and saw a skeleton of a man. By the skeleton were a sword and a gold arm ring. He put the arm ring on his right arm. "He won't need that now, will he?"
As he said this, a green mist surrounded him. He yelled in pain as gold scales spread all over his body. His chest deepened a little and then more as scutes covered it. A tail burst from the base of his spine and continued to lengthen until it was a full meter long.
His arms and legs thickened with muscle, the knee joints reversing themselves and forced him to all fours. His hands and feet became paws; the two inner fingers joined leaving him with three fingers and a thumb per hand. The same thing happened to his feet, except that he had three.
Eustace's toenails and fingernails lengthened into curved claws. He grew larger in length and height as his clothes were reduced to shreds. Bat-like wings grew from his shoulder blades, his neck and torso lengthening as his face pushed out into a muzzle. His teeth sharpened while his tongue narrowed and forked like a snake.
Curved horns pushed out of each side of his skull, hair receding and replaced by hard scales. Spikes ran down his back, ending at the tip of his tail. His ears became three spine fans, the eyes moving slightly to the sides, narrowing into slits and turning blue.
The green mist receded. In place of Eustace was a giant gold dragon!