My eyes opened slowly, but I closed them immediately for the sun was shining in them. I moaned and sat up, not really aware of much that was around me, besides that bright sun of course.

I tried to reach behind me to rub my sore back, but my arm wouldn't stretch that far. "What's going on?" I muttered.

"We'd love an explanation."

I jumped back, searching for the source of the voice. "Who are you?!"

A large, older dragon colored much like the earth, stepped forward, letting out a whole stream of noises, until he asked, "And what are you called?"

"I asked first!"

"And I told you, now what is your name?"

"You mean all those odd sounds is your name?"

"Yes, and yours?"

"Melody, a perfectly normal human name, thank you!"

"A dragon with a human's name?"

"I am not a dragon! How dare you call me one of those hideous beasts!"

"Young one, you have four legs, two wings, and a tail. You are a dragon,"

I looked behind me, seeing two wings, I looked down at my hands- now paws- and I turned around, watching a tail follow me. "Oh no! No, no, no! This can't be happening!"

"Melody, was that your name? Yes, what are you talking about? We are having a dragon gathering, and you fall right into the middle of it. We should be asking you the questions,"

I looked about, seeing that hundreds of pairs of eyes were watching my strange behavior. "I'm not a dragon! I'm a human!"

"Sure, and I'm a beautiful butterfly!"

The older dragon let out another stream of odd sounds, "don't make fun of her. She obviously is lost and confused. What land do you come from young one?"

"I come from Seattle! Washington! On earth! And I'm human!"

"Calm down young one, you obviously hit your head when you landed."

"Stop calling me young one you old fool! I have a name!"

The other dragons gasped.

He stared at me for a long moment, then burst out laughing. "My goodness, you do have a fiery tongue, don't you?"

I sat, like a human, and crossed my arms, almost falling over. "Well, according to my brother, I'm bitter. Now will someone tell me why I'm one of you... hideous creatures?!"

"Well, first of all, you need to be able to talk to us. Try saying my name,"

"How can I, when I don't know it?!"

"All right, then you can call me the Old One. Now, you say you are a human? If so, then why do you have a tail? Scales? Claws? Wings?"

"I-I don't know! If I did, then why would I be asking what's going on?!"

"In this... 'Seattle' you keep speaking of, you may have been human, but here, obviously, you are a dragon. So you're probably here for a reason. And you certainly act like a young dragon,"

"I'll take that as an insult, thank you very much!"

"Why? We dragons are peaceful creatures that only want to survive, but as of late a knight has been making that pretty hard on us."

"Well then maybe he will help me!"

"He'll kill you as soon as he sees you. He's a dragon slayer,"

I continued to glare at the Old One. "Good. Better to rid this world of dragons than to have them flying about destroying peoples lives!"

A young dragon leapt forward and pinned me to the ground. "How dare you say such a thing! Why do you hate your own kind so much?!"

I struggled to free myself, but I wasn't able to move very much. "Because you all haunt my dreams on a nightly basis, keeping me from getting a good nights sleep! That's why! So just back off sparky!"

"Enough!" The Old One roared. "Young Wing, step back, let the new comer sit up."

He growled at my face then backed away.

"You better watch your back, you little-"

"Melody, are you in a place to be making threats?"

My glaring eyes shifted to the Old One, and I didn't answer.

"Now, you say we've visited you in your dreams?"

I nodded.

The Old One looked to the sky for a moment then nodded. "I remember hearing about this... Dragons! Listen, who here remembers the tales of old?"

None spoke.

"Who cares?!" I growled, my tail whipping about. "I would like to get back to my normal body, thank you!"

"Melody, have you ever felt... out of place? In your old world,"

"Like what? I was a dragon trapped in a humans body?!"

"Exactly,"

"Why would you care if I did or didn't?!"

"Because, young Melody, a dragon of a different world and song was said to have left this world. And she was supposed to return at our time of need, as you have. Now tell me young one, isn't your name a part of a song?"