It was a warm and sunny day in Skyworld. The birds were singing their joyful morning song, and the air smelt of fresh lilacs… it was all downhill from there.

Pit still lay on his bedroom floor, his window wide open. His bed was a mess, as was the rest of his room. Sleepily, he opened his eyes.

'Odd,' He thought to himself. 'My room feels almost five times smaller.'

Slowly, Pit sat up. His pajamas lay on the floor beside him- torn.

'Weird,' He thought to himself. He sat up a little taller, and his eyes opened wide as he examined his room. He was a really restless sleeper if he'd done so much damage in one night. He yawned, and slowly stood up. He'd gained more height. Oh, he was going to get Harlan for lying to him. He walked over to his mirror and froze. He couldn't see his reflection. Well, he could, but it just wasn't his usual reflection. What he saw wasn't an angel. What he saw was a dragon.

Pit veered away from the mirror, almost screaming in fear.

"Loose dragon!" He yelled.

"Help!"

xXx

"Good Gods!" Celina yelled in panic when she took one little peek at her reflection in the mirror. She too had changed.

"HARLAN!" She screamed as she ran down the hallway, her wings spread wide.

"Huh? Celina? What's wrong?" Harlan asked from behind his bedroom door once Celina had banged on it as hard as she could.

"Open the stupid door and take a look, bozo!" She growled. Harlan opened the door a crack and gasped when he saw her. She'd become a dragon. Her scales were a brilliant gold, her wings a stunning sapphire blue- and she was furious about it.

"If you don't tell me what's happening, I'll use my new claws and rip your little dainty head off!" She seethed. Harlan had better not screw with her now.

"Oh, I'd hoped you hadn't been affected." He said worriedly. Celina's look of anger changed to a look of confusion.

"Calm down, the rest of us are in the same dilemma. Come on in." He said quietly as he opened the door. Celina slipped in and the door shut softly.

"Wow, you weren't kidding," Celina said quietly as she stared at everyone in the large room. Harlan and Palutena had become two emerald green dragons, their wings both a shimmering dark green. Dark Pit sat on Harlan's bed sulking. He'd become a dark brown dragon with black wings.

"I guess the only one of us who hasn't been affected yet is Pit." Dark Pit growled. He then turned and looked at his tail, which was twitching irritably.

"Jeeze, this thing moves on its own- it gives me the willies." He said as he caught it between his large paws.

"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure that you'll be able to gain control of your tail once you get used to this new form." Harlan said as Dark Pit shot him a look that said 'you just made my situation seem a whole lot worse'.

"I sure hope that Pit is okay," Lady Palutena murmured, shuffling her feet. Even though she was a Goddess, she was somehow affected- and being one of the divine didn't make adjusting to a new form any easier.

"I'm sure he's fine, Mum." Harlan said reassuringly as he brought his tail around and over his paws.

"Harlan," Dark Pit began as he climbed off of the bed.

"Why are you having such an easy time in this new form? You seem the most suited to walking on all fours." He asked.

"For all we know, you might be the one behind this!"

"Pittoo!" Celina yelled as she glared at the dark angel- well, in this case, dark dragon.

"Harlan would never do something like that, and you know it! Anyway, he's part dragon- that's why."

Before anyone could continue the conversation, they heard Pit scream.

"Pit!" Everyone cried.

"I'll go check on him," Celina said with worry. She slowly stood up, wobbling slightly, and then bounded out of the room, tripping along the way.

xXx

"Stay away from me!" Pit shouted as he backed up against the wall.

"Pit! Calm down!" He heard Celina shout from outside.

"How can I calm down? There's a dragon in my room!" He hollered in a panic.

"D'oh… sorry Pit," Celina whispered as she reared up on her hind legs.

"One," She whispered.

"Two,"

"Three!"

Celina thrust herself forward at the door, sending it flying open. Pit turned to her, his eyes opening even wider. He clearly didn't recognize her.

"Two dragons? Why me?!" He wailed.

"Oh shut up, you little baby." The dragon said.

"Celina?" Pit gawked.

"Yeah, we've all been turned into flying lizards- including you." She said flatly. Pit stared at her in disbelief

"So, I should probably look down at myself right now?" Pit asked after a while.

"Step one, stop cowering like a baby. You look like Hades on a bad day." Celina responded with a smirk.

Pit slowly stood up, a look of shock crossing his face, then a look of disappointment.

"I've got to walk on all fours?" He moaned.

"Great, I'm a baby all over again."

"Suck it up, princess." Celina said while rolling her eyes.

Pit slowly flicked his gaze to his mirror and gasped. He was covered in beige scales, and his wings were a shimmering metallic gold. On his forehead was the symbol of Palutena's Army, shimmering in gold.

"Even as a dragon I've got great looks!" He said with a laugh as he stood as tall as he could. He slowly took a step towards the door- and ended up collapsing onto the ground.

"That's what happens when you let your ego get the better of you." Celina said with a laugh as she turned and walked away. Meanwhile, Pit was still sprawled out on the ground.

"This'll take some getting used to." He groaned as he flicked his tail in annoyance.

xXx

Pit walked into the throne room, where the others were waiting patiently- well, Dark Pit was sitting there tapping his foot in annoyance.

"Well look who decided to show up!" Dark Pit growled.

"Be respectful, Pittoo." Palutena scolded.

"Stop calling me that and I might take you up on the deal." He snapped. Lady Palutena simply ignored him and went to greet Pit.

"Lady Palutena, is that you?" Pit asked in awe while staring at the tall green dragon who he was approached by. Palutena walked up to him, wobbling slightly along the way.

"Yes, it's me, Pit." She said with a smile. She raised an eyebrow as she admired his appearance. He did make a very fine dragon indeed.

"So, why exactly did this happen when you said I'd be 'fine', Harlan?" Pit asked. The smaller of the two green dragons stepped forward.

'That must be Harlan,' Pit thought.

"I really don't know. Someone must've put a ton of work into hiding such a powerful spell like this. Something doesn't smell right about this. Do you have the carving with you?" Harlan asked.

"I was sure to bring it with me." Pit said as me dipped his head. The chain slid off of his neck, and the carving clattered to the floor.

"What?" Harlan said in disbelief.

"What's up?" Dark Pit asked as he slowly walked over, his tail swishing in curiosity.

"This was a wood carving yesterday, now it's a carved gem." Harlan said quietly, while shaking his head side to side.

"It was a red gem when I found it- and it looked like a sleeping dragon." Pit started in awe of the transformation.

"Now it's a black gem, and it looks like a snarling dragon." He continued as he tried to take the gem back. As he touched it, it began to change shape.

"What's happening to it?" Celina asked.

"I don't know," Harlan answered quietly. They all watched as the gem broke into five new pieces and continued to change. Each gem seemed to change into humanoid figure.

"Pit, what did you do to them?" Lady Palutena asked, her voice rising slightly as she spoke.

"I didn't do anything!" He said while slowly backing away.

"Hey, they resemble us- or what used to be us!" Celina said matter-of-factly. They all backed away as the figures of Pit, Palutena, Dark Pit, Harland and Celina stood up. Attached to their heads were their own chains. For a while, they stood still.

"I think they're kind of cute," Dark Pit said with a smirk. He bent down and looked at his figure.

"Aren't you just the cutest little guy in the- WOAH!" Dark Pit's figure lunged at him, and jumped onto his head.

"Get this thing off of me!" Dark Pit shrieked. His figure slipped its chain around his neck and became inanimate. Pit's figure did the same to him, and so on and so forth. Soon, the five of them were trying to yank the chains off.

"The chains shrank! I can't get this thing over my head!" Celina growled as she fought to get the chain off.

"And they won't break at all!" Palutena groaned as she yanked one last time at the chain around her neck. Moments later, the five dragons were all panting in defeat.

xXx

"Well what do we do now?" Harlan asked as the group padded toward the exit of the temple.

"Huh?" Everyone gasped as they turned their gazes to Harlan

"But you're the one who comes up with plans- you're not supposed to end up clueless!" Dark Pit said in despair.

"Relax, everyone." Lady Palutena said calmingly as she spread her new wings wide.

"I know of only one person who may be able to break these chains- but he may refuse to help us." She said as she stood up and prepared to fly out.

"Uh, Lady Palutena, I can't fly, remember?" Pit pointed out.

"I'm in the same boat as him. The same, old, rickety boat." Dark Pit said with a growl.

"Well boys, you're going to have to try," Lady Palutena said as she braced herself to fly.

"Let's hope these new forms have given us a normal dragon's abilities. It's going to be one long flight to Dyntos's workshop."

xXx

In a dark room, a tall, hunchbacked man, clad in a black bloodstained and moth-eaten cloak, stood over a stone bowl- a reflecting pool, like Lady Palutena's- watching the five cursed dragons make their way out of the temple. He moved his wavy black hair away from his eyes- they were completely red.

"Ah, my little spell has worked," The man said, his voice deep and gravelly, as if he hadn't spoken for many years.

"Allegra," He called. Slowly, a young and beautiful blue dragon crawled out from the shadows, her eyes glimmering with fear.

"Yes, master?" She said quietly. The man could tell that long ago he had stricken fear into her heart.

"Fetch Sahara- we must now prepare the trap." The man said. In the light of the reflecting pool, Allegra could see her master smiling darkly. He was no ordinary man for sure. She looked at his smile and backed into the shadows when she saw his teeth- they were sharp fangs, dripping with blood.

"Yes, run and fetch your sister- we will avenge the death of my brothers." The man said. He waved a bloody and calloused hand over the reflecting pool, and the room became pitch black.