This is my favourite chapter so far, and it will probobally be yours, too!

Ethan: Get on with it, YP.

Me: Yeah, sure, whatever.

The morning couldn't have come fast enough.

I mean, seriously, I was going to fight a DRAGON? A red dragon that is five stories tall, can swallow anything my size in one gulp, and crush me under his talons?

I had to go through with it, though, I was on a mission to help Peach, and Koops wanted his dad back. I needed the crystal star that Hooktail was guarding.

We all met at the gate before Petal Meadows, making sure we had a good breakfast (I didn't really care for the mushrooms.) and our energy was up, Hooktail was massive, and we needed all the help we could get.

We spent about two hours hiking to Hooktail castle, it was about 10:30 by the time we could see it from the distance. Then we heard a sound that scared the living daylights out of all of us.

We heard the sound of flapping wings.

Hooktail was coming to us.

He landed in front of us and roared so loud I almost fell backward, Goombella blew past me and smacked into a tree, Koops ran right into me and we toppled down, the weight of his shell nearly crushed me. Luigi got scared and ran behind a tree.

"Get... Off..." I grumbled at Koops, pushing him off of my chest.

"You." Hooktail said to me, "You are the one."

"Huh?" I replied, confused.

"You are the one I have been waiting for all these years."

Luigi peeked from behind his hiding place, Goombella shook her head and looked at me, afraid. Koops and I glanced at each other, wondering what Hooktail meant.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You are the mate I have been waiting for all of these years. I have finally found you."

My party looked uneasy, Goombella gave me a look, as if to say; The books were wrong? Hooktail's really a girl?

"Uh, look, I don't really want to-"

"Become my kind, assume the form of my species!" Roared Hooktail.

Her eyes illuminated and fired a yellow light that consumed me. When it dissapeared, I found myself standing fifty feet tall, on all fours, covered in blue scales. I felt wings on my back. I looked to my back and saw three thin tails protruding from my butt. My hands were razor- sharp claws.

I had become a blue version of Hooktail.

Luigi screamed at my new form and hid behind the tree again. Koops and Goombella stood next to each other, staring at me in awe, gawking at what had just hppened.

"Now, you and I will be perfect together, those creatures below us can be our wedding buffet." Said Hooktail with a smile on her face.

I stood frozen for a few seconds, then came out with my perfectly truthfull answer.

"NO WAY! YOU CAN'T JUST WALTZ UP TO SOMEONE AND TURN THEM INTO A DRAGON!" I roared, baffled at my loud voice. "I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE! CHANGE ME BACK RIGHT NOW!"

Hooktail looked at me plainly and said; "The transformation is permanent." She then turned round and flew away.

Luigi peeked from behind the tree he was hiding behind, realizing I wasn't going to make him into a tenderloin with fries and walked up next to me.

"Well, don't just stand there!" He said, with an annoyed tone in his voice, "Our ticket to the Crystal star is getting away! You may be different, but now you are just as big, strong, and powerfull as she is! We now have a chance at fighting her and winning against her!"

"Everyone, get on my back." I said flatly.

Everyone obeyed, and I played around with my muscles until I found the wings. I flapped them and rose into the air, persuing Hooktail.

She casually glanced back and saw me behind her. Her eyes widened and she began flapping faster, flying straight into the tower she lived in. I followed her into the tower, determined to take her out.

"Get out of my sight." Hooktail bellowed.

"Give me the Crystal Star you are guarding!" I yelled.

"Never!"

She immediately raised her left claw and began swiping at my face and chest. Koops got down with Luigi and Goombella to the other side of the tower, out of harm's way.

She slapped me really hard across my face. I focused on her eyes, because if she couldn't see, she couldn't fight. I scraped her eye with my claw, she howled and roared in agony, closing the blob that used to be her right eye. I then charged her hard with a headbut, knocking the wind out of her lungs. Koops sprung into action and began driving his shell onto her stomach and head.

"I. WILL. NOT. BE. A COWARD. ANYMORE!" Koops screamed as he repeatedly struck the dragon, getting over his fears.

Luigi found a hammer lying on the floor and began stubbing Hooktail's toes. Goombella jammed her head into Hooktail's stomach. I kept striking her in the face and neck. I began panting from the fight, and let out a sigh so hard, fire came out of my mouth, burning Hooktail's face and the inside of her mouth.

Hooktail screamed in agony and started breathing fire on me, I dodged it and took another swipe from her claws, leaving a long gash on my neck and right cheek. Koops retreated into his shell again and gathered speed by spinning around super fast, then finally connecting with the dragon's skull. I heard a sickening thud, then the dragon's eyes rolled back into her skull, she let out a final groan before her eyes closed, and she froze.

Almost immediately, Hooktail's entire body illuminated and dissintegrated, leaving behind three figures. One was bright blue Koopa shell, the second a beautiful human woman, the third was the Crystal Star.

The woman's eyes fluttered, and opened, she was a brunette, had a white silk dress on, and wore beautiful high heels.

"Thank you all," She said, "For helping me change back to my original form."

I looked at her, appearently she was somehow transformed into a dragon.

"How the heck did you become a dragon?" Asked Luigi.

"I was cursed by a witch, after refusing to serve her, she placed a mind control spell on me, and I was consumed, I became her pet. I have been under the spell ever since, unable to control myself, thank you from relesing me from it."

The Koopa shell next to her stirred, and a Koopa emerged, with brown eyebrows and a goatee, he immediately saw Koops, and ran up to him, hugging him, with tears in his eyes. I was happy the two had been reunited.

Goombella and Luigi looked at me, and grabbed the crystal star. They climbed on my back. I felt the cool rock touch my back. I immediately was surrounded by light again. When it dissapeared, I was back to normal.

"One star will reveal the true form of altered beings," Goombella recited. "That's from a book I've read. That must mean that the others have supernatural powers, too."

Afterward, we all went back to Petalburg. The citizens threw a massive party for us. Koops accepted the Key to the City from mayor Kroop. The brunette, apperently named Evelin, shared a house with Koopley, Koops' dad. The two became very attached, which was ironic, because Evelin ate Koopley as Hooktail.

After the large party, Luigi, Goombella, Koops and I found a warp pipe that lead back to Rogueport. Koops wanted to join the rest of us on our quest to get the Crystal Stars, and we greatly accepted him. Without another word, we all took turns going down the pipe, heading back to Rogueport to reveal the next Crystal Stars' location.

Wow, two chapters in one day? I'm on a freakin' role!

Anyways, review and tell me about what kind of transformations you want to see in the future parts of the story.

Next stop: Boggly Woods!

YoshiPerson OUT!