Chapter 1

-Adorjan's POV-

-A few months later-

It was just a few weeks after we adopted the human hatchling when it happened. Amata was gravid with our eggs. She laid them a few days ago and trust me when I say that she was moodier than ever. As I woke up today, I looked over to my mate. She was lying down on the ground of the cave with Tyler lying against her head. The eggs were under her wing not too far from Tyler. Amata had her paw across the human and was holding him tightly to her. I smiled and walked over to them both. I lied down next to them and put my wing over Amata. I then noticed Tyler start wiggling his arms and fingers and Amata smiled in her sleep. After being up for another 30 minutes, Amata woke up. She looked around a little bit before noticing me lying beside her. "How long have you been up?" She asked.

"Around 30 minutes give or take." I replied.

"Well finally someone is taking initiative, before long you'll actually be able to catch a fish." She stated playfully. I chuckled at her playful jab and she then looked at our human son. "Time to wake up little one." Amata said while rocking her arm back and forth. The human shifted in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes. Amata licked him and the child giggled a little. He then gabbed Amata's arm with both of his paws and held tightly for a few seconds. After he let go of Amata, Amata let him free and he crawled over to me. I leaned my head down to him and he grabbed my chin and held it for a little bit. After he let go, I rubbed my paw through his hair lightly and he laughed. I then let him on my back and he started bouncing around and crawling between my wings. Amata smiled at us and then something broke the silence. It was a small hissing sound. Amata and I quickly realized what it was and found a rock to get behind. I made sure Tyler was completely covered so no shell fragments would impact him. A few seconds later the eggs exploded. Once the smoke cleared, what were once two eggs were now two sand wraith hatchlings. Amata and I walked over to them and both hatchlings sat on their back hunches. They rubbed their eyes and looked at Amata and I. They smiled and walked over to us. Once we were close enough, me and my mate both received a hatching jumping on our snouts. We both smiled and bounced out heads and the hatchlings giggled with excitement. After a little bit, I set the female hatching that was on my head on the ground. I then let Tyler off my back and the hatchling looked at him curiously. She walked around him, sniffing him and examining Tyler. The male hatchling soon joined his sister's curious adventure. After they felt comfortable around him, they both started nuzzling Tyler. The human then held the pair for a little bit and the two hatchlings made a purring noise.

"I see they love their brother." I told Amata as we watched the scene unfold.

"I'm glad they do. So, what should we name our two new bundles of joy?" Amata responded.

"I think we should name the boy Jet." I said. Amata deadpanned me playfully and chuckled. "What?"

"It's nothing. I like that name. I feel we should name the girl Jade." Amata replied.

"I think it's perfect." I told her. We draped our wings over each other and looked at all three kids playing. At this point Jet and Jade pinned Tyler to the ground and were licking him left and right. Tyler was laughing and trying desperately to escape the onslaught, while me and Amata chuckled at the sight. These three will help change the world. I can just feel it.

-10 years later-

-Jet's POV-

Today started like every other day. Jade and I woke up in the cave and saw Tyler sitting by the entrance. We walked over to our older brother. "Hey Tyler." Jade said.

"Oh hey sis, did you two sleep well?" He replied.

"Yeah last night was pretty standard." I answered.

"Well that's good to hear because something's about to happen to change the mood here." Tyler stated.

"And what would that be?" Jade asked. Tyler then stood up and put his paw on her snout.

"You're it." He said quietly and then took off into the woods.

"TYLER I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GOING TO WIPE THAT GRIN OFF OF YOUR FACE!" Jade yelled as she took off after him. I laughed and decided to follow Jade. Jade dove into the ground and zoomed after our older brother. As Jade was getting closer, Tyler stopped to catch his breath by a tree. Bad move bro. Jade pounced on him and pinned him to the ground and started licking him. Tyler tried fighting her off, but it was to no avail.

"Ok, ok, *gasp* Jade I'm sorry. I'm sooorryyy." I heard him say between laughs. He then turned to me. "Jet I need you. Help a brother out."

"Hey you started this I think it is only fitting that you finish it." I replied trying to not earn on of Jade's 'baths'.

"You're a real help you know that?" he replied as Jade finished her work. Tyler was covered in saliva and barely got up because he was close to being stuck to the ground.

"Happy now?" Jade replied with a grin. Tyler responded by flicking his paws at her and covering her snout in slobber as well. I then made a big mistake. I let out a laugh. Both of them then looked at me and back to each other. I saw a sinister grin form on their faces and they slowly started walking towards me. My eyes widened and I slowly started backing up.

"Hey, uh, can we talk about this?" I tried asking. They both shook their heads and jumped at me. They both pinned me and Jade started giving me the Tyler treatment while Tyler lightly rubbed his fingers along my neck. I couldn't help but laugh as my torturers did their dirty work. Just as they let me up, a familiar dragon landed next to us.

"How come I wasn't invited to the fun?" Dad said.

"Well you would have if someone…hadn't decided to play a game of tag." Jade said while rolling her eyes at Tyler.

"I don't know what you're talking about sis." Tyler replied innocently. Jade then smacked him with her tail and I tried to suppress a laugh. Tyler rubbed the back of his head and smiled. A few minutes later mom joined us.

"I see you four are up early. Let me guess did Tyler want to play tag again?" Mom asked.

"Nooooo…." Tyler said sheepishly earning a chuckle from both mom and dad.

"So are you guys hungry?" Dad asked. We nodded, but then Tyler spoke up.

"Hey dad, can I catch some food today?" He asked.

"Are you sure son? You know you don't have to if you don't want to." Mom said.

"I'll be fine mom." Tyler replied. Mom then looked to dad and dad nodded.

"Alright then, but I want you to be careful." She said to him. Tyler nodded and set out into the forest, little did we know he would comeback as something different.

-Tyler's POV-

This is so cool. After a few minutes of walking, I found myself in the thick of the woods. As I was walking I began thinking about my life with my dragon family. Yes I know that I am a human, but I also know that my own species abandoned me on the water and left me to die. Ever since Mom and Dad broke the truth to me I've felt myself become even more attached to them. I felt at home around them, like my life seemed complete, but I still felt out of place at times. Sometimes I wouldn't be able to participate in certain actions like burying myself underground due to me not being a sand wraith. I felt it was because they just didn't know how a human would react to such a task, so that is why I wanted to hunt for food. I wanted a chance to prove to them that I was just as good as a normal dragon was. Once, I got deeper into the forest, I came up to a brush area. I was about to turn back and head off into a different direction, but then something changed in me. I had a strange sensation along my back and when I put my hand along it I felt spines sticking out of it. This isn't right. I then felt vibrations along the ground and I had an uncontrollable urge to dive face first into the ground. Just as I was jumping forwards, my foot caught a tree root and I fell through the bushes. Once I was on the other side of the bushes I realized that I was in freefall over the water. Apparently I was near a cliff. I screamed at the top of my lungs and I saw a silhouette jump from the cliff and try to dive towards me. As the shape got closer, I felt an immense pain running through my body. The shape grabbed me and began to pull me towards the top of the cliff. Once the dragon set me down I saw it was mom. I was about to thank her, but the pain returned and I collapsed on the ground. My body started shaking uncontrollably and I noticed I was growing a tail and wings. My clothes faded into my skin and my skin itself was replaced with white desert scales. My hands and legs transformed into dragon appendages and I screamed out in pain again. I was on the verge of passing out when the pain finally subsided. I opened my eyes slowly and saw mom with a shocked expression on her face. At first I was confused why she was shocked, but then I looked over myself. As I did, I was greeted with the body of a sand wraith. My scales were desert white and led into deep dune brown on my paws, underbelly, and wingtips. My horns and spines were all black and I jumped back in surprise. I was like an albino compared to the rest of the family, since they had a more pronounced sand yellow scales, spines, and horns. I was about to scream again, but then mom spoke up. "Tyler. Is that you?" She asked.

"It's still me. At least I think so anyways." I replied nervously. Mom walked slowly over to me and inspected me. She opened my wings and sniffed my body just to be sure it was me. After a few seconds she seemed satisfied that it was me and spoke up again.

"Do you have any idea what happened?" She asked me.

"I honestly don't know. I just started having dragon instincts and followed what they told me to do." I replied. "I guess I'm even more of a freak now." I hung my head and thought about how awkward it would be for me to be a dragon now. Just as I started sulking, mom raised my head up to her eyes.

"Tyler let me tell you something. You are no freak. In fact, you are one of the best things that has happened to this family. Your father feels the same way and I'm positive that Jet and Jade would agree as well. We all love you regardless of what you are and you don't need to feel that you have to prove anything to us to feel accepted." Mom said. Wait how did she know?

"How did you…?" I started.

"Tyler, I know why you've been going out on your own. You don't need to prove that you are worth your weight in dragon scales in order to feel like a part of this family. As I said before we all love you no matter who or what you are. Tell me I'm wrong." She replied with one of those motherly looks that say 'You know that I am right.' I smiled and a tear fell from my eye. Mom then licked my cheek. "C'mon, let's go see what Jet and Jade will say to you being a dragon." I chuckled and we walked back towards the rest of the family. I bet they will get a kick out of this.