As Merlin regained consciousness upon the ground the first thing he felt was a sense of completeness.
The second thought was that he was lying in the dark upon a cold, wet rocky surface. He suddenly realised he was naked. Merlin quickly sat up as memories came flooding back to him.
His clothes had been shredded from his body when he transformed. Merlin remembered stepping off the rock edge into the abyss. He decided he was at the bottom of the cave.
The amount of knowledge Merlin had acquired whilst falling was staggering, his head pounded as he tried to control the memories that clamoured for attention.
The dragon had transformed him into a completely different being, not even human. Merlin felt calmness washed over him and then warmth in his stomach.
Merlin looked down to his body glowing blue.
He felt his body begin to transform. The pain was intense as his bones began to break and dislocate, forming into something else. He screamed in pain and ended up on all fours.
His skin began to feel itchy and harder, as if bugs were crawling under his skin. He began to grow larger. His neck and head were stretched and his tongue felt as though it was on fire. He dug his hands into the rock and found that he had long sharp claws which cut into the hard rock like it was liquid.
Merlin tried to hold one hand up to his face and it felt was though it was made of lead. So he bent his neck down, further than it was meant to stretch and saw that instead of hands and arms he had muscled scaly legs with sharp claws. They looked like lizards feet.
He saw his long blue tongue dart out to taste the air. He craned his neck around and saw his huge long body and a tail. Merlin felt a tickle in his throat and coughed, surprised when a lick of blue flame shot out from his snout. He attempted to speak but instead roared and shot a huge bolt of flame into the air, lighting up the cave around him.
In his mind Merlin was not really surprised at his transformation into a dragon, but it was still so weird. He felt so powerful yet at the same time not as quick or nimble like a human. His movements were slow and graceful like a lions.
Merlin knew he could fly but couldn't remember how to open his wings, let alone see them. They were carefully folded and almost impossible to see. Merlin stopped trying and instead felt with his mind, preparing himself before leaping into the air. The wings automatically opened and quickly carried him upwards. He flapped his wings and spiralled up.
Merlin landed on the cliff edge and transformed back into his human body. The pain wasn't as intense.
Merlin sprinted out of the cave and down the passageway. The dragon within him was craving to feel the fresh air and fly outside. Merlin ran like a man possessed along the passageways and corridors.
As he rounded a passageway he crashed into an object, sending them both flying to the ground. They both got up before Merlin was pulled from his daze by a harsh comment "MERLIN, WHY ARE YOU NAKED."
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Hi guys, i thought i might post another chapter after the long long long break i had. hahaha. Hope you like it. A new character might be introduced in the next chapter...