Black. Black was all I could see for what seemed like hours. The only sign that I was alive was either that unbearable pain that gradually crept down to a slight discomfort or that I could still hear my thoughts.

I didn't think I could hear my thoughts when dead nor could I actually stay sane so this is absolutely out of my limits. My first guess unconscious from something. Second-guess this is a dream. Third and the best I have no clue what so ever. Before long i started regaining my touch. in just a second or so i could literally feel grass underneath my body. When I awoke, 'Strange." I thought. I remember going to sleep in my bed not outside. Slowly, I regained more feeling and to my displeasure, I felt sore everywhere and my limbs felt like boulders were holding them as much determination and energy I could gather at the moment, I managed to force my eyes open. Green leaves and trees came into were embedded into the soil and grass in front of me and beyond that point was a body of water. 'Holy Crap! Where am I?' I screamed at myself mentally. I scrambled myself up before stopping myself. My body ached entirely. I slowly crawled myself to the base of the nearest tree and promptly collapsed onto it.

For a few minutes, I managed to regain my breath. My sight started becoming sharper before I could make out more details. Strangely enough, the surrounding landscape looked like an animated cartoon. 'What the heck am i dreaming about now?' I had never had a dream quite like this. I almost swore I was actually awake. Looking down at myself, I wore a plain white t-shirt and a light blue jeans. I wore my tennis shoes that i normally would wear. I don't ever remember putting on these clothes though and i definitely don't think in any dream that the landscape would almost looked animated. "Alright calm down." I mumbled to myself. "This is just a dream, Ill wake up in a few seconds like i always do." I slowly eased myself to rest. I was tired like heck anyway. In a few seconds, i was out like a candle.

I was startled awake at midnight i first,I didn't know what I was looking at. My eyes were blinded by the light, and for a minute, I had thought the moon had crashed into the earth! But it wasn't the moon, and as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, I realized I was looking at a woman. The woman's hair was shinning like gold, and she was clothed in a dress appearing to be woven from the rays of the sun. I slapped my hand over my mouth, though I knew I wouldn't make any noise; it was just a habit. The woman was standing across from me, smiling sweetly, and she seemed to almost be hovering above the ground. But the most surprising thing came when the woman opened her mouth.

"Greetings, Child of Night," She trilled, in a voice that sounded exactly like honey tasted. I jumped about a foot in the air, so startled by her sudden voice, that I almost smacked my head against a low-lying tree branch. The woman only chuckled and reached out to take my hand. "Don't be frightened, I'm here to bestow a gift upon you."

"What gift?" I asked as my curiosity gotten the better of me. The woman smile brightened to my surprise.

"I am here to bestow your destiny." She said, her eyes travelling to the ground. The woman looked up and said, "My name is Freya, my child," Wait, wasn't Freya the goddess of love in old norse? Yes she was!I was in the presence of a GOD! A real GOD had come down to speak to me! This seemed almost too good to be true.

"What are you here for?" I asked. I self-consciously slapped myself at that question. Freya had already told me that answer.

"I've come to, as I said, give you a Vikings are in dire need of your assistance for the coming...event as I would say" She let go of the me and withdrew something from a pocket in her dress made of sunshine. She held the something cupped in her hand, and I couldn't see it. Then and she opened her hands for me to see. But I didn't actually see anything, because the next thing I knew, I was flat on the ground, pinned to the dust by an invisible force. What was this crazy woman doing to me! It felt like something was trying to force its way through my heart, and I let out a scream of agony. What was happening to me? How was this a gift? It felt like my skin was on fire! I didn't have the strength to move my head to check if my skin was actually on fire, and besides, there was something more pressing to deal with. My eyes started rolling back into my head, and it was almost like they were being sucked into my skull! I couldn't see, I couldn't speak past screams, my fingers were being stretched, my legs were being compressed, my bones cracked, my back snapped! You name it, it happened to me, and even if it was a few seconds, it felt like an eternity.

When I was finally able of coherent thought again, I opened my eyes and gasped for breath. I was lying on my back, but something didn't feel right. There was a prodding sensation in my back, like I was lying on a branch or something. And there was something wrong with my eyes, too! It was clearly night time, but I could see with such clarity I could have sworn it was noon! Every single leaf on the tree above me was thrown into sharp focus, ever membrane of the green plant visible. What was going on? I would have propped myself up onto my elbows, if I could have, but found that my arms were too short and I fell back onto my back. What was that? Why were my arms too short? I looked down and...

I leapt up into the air as I saw my own black, scaly skin, and crashed back down onto my face. My body was twisted all wrong, My back wasn't straight, and I found that I was a lot more flexible than what I was used to being. And was that…Oh Gods, I had a tail! And not just any tail; it was the biggest, scaliest, clumsiest tail I'd ever seen! Those fins, the spines running down it, this all could only mean one thing:

"I'M A DRAGON!" I screeched in my head, letting out an audible screech, which really sounded a bit like a bark. "Why did you do this!" Instead of my voice I heard animal sounds like gurgles and grunts. Freya covered her mouth with her hand and giggled.

"This is what you wanted, no?" She asked, her radiant face the picture of a perfect smile.

"NO!" I yelled back, hoping the God felt the sting my strange words. Freya didn't seem fazed, but the light she emitted started to dim. She was starting to fade! NO! I leapt at the spot where she had been standing, or rather floating, but by the time I could make my new body move, the sparkling Goddess was already gone.

"What am I going to do!" I thought, letting out another bark, and then a whine. I couldn't stay a dragon! I was a human, not a dragon! What about my family!

No, this wasn't happening. Why would the Goddess of Love come down to Earth and turn me into a dragon? It was impossible, and I was just dreaming! That was it, this was all a dream! I sat down, and looked at my feet. Well, claws. I'd go to sleep, and when I woke up in the morning, I'd be just Nora again, and everything would just a bad memory. That was it! But I had a hard time falling asleep again.I had no dreams in that sleep.