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“Those meatballs were amazing!” Jess said.

“Same” Joey said agreeing with Jess.

“Hey why don't we see what we can find about that stone on the internet?” Peter asked.

“That's actually what I was about to do” Joey said.

“Cool’ Peter replied. An awkward silence fall on the two.

“Well since you both are in agreement why are you just sitting there, let's go look it up.”

On the way to Joey's room Peter said “what if we find out it's some super rare and ancient stone and it's worth a bazillion dollars?”

“ I doubt it's worth a bazillion dollars but probably has some value” Jess responded.

“Or maybe it’s worth nothing” replied Joey, trying not to get his hopes up.

Once the three friends got to Joey's computer the surfed around the internet for about 30 minutes. They look on geology websites jewelry websites and watched enough videos to call themselves experts but coud to find anything relevant to what they wanted to know.

“Well that was a disappointment” Peter said said discouraged.

“Not to mention a huge waste of time” Jess remarked.

“Oh well, maybe something will turn up later”. Joey suggested.

“I just remembered something, I brought my new sling shot” Peter exclaimed.

“Cool can we see it” Jess asked.

“Sure, i'll go and grab it, you guys set up a target” running to the front room where he put his backpack.

“Is that old target that we used to use still hanging up?” Jess asked Joey.

“It should be” Joey replied.

“Alright I got it” Peter said, coming back.

“Cool let's test it out”. Jess said excitedly.

“Is that target your dad set up still hanging up?” Peter asked.

“Jess literal asked me that same question and yes it should be” Joey replied.

As the Joey Jess and Peter walked out of the house Peter noticed that Joey was still holding the stone that he found.

“How come you brought that rock with you, I hope you don't intend out using it as a target” Peter asked Joey.

“Huh, what”? Joey look at Peter confused. In that brief moment that Joey was distracted, his foot hit one of the many rabbit holes that littered the back yard and most of the 4 acre property that Joey's family owned. Falling flat on his face, a sickening crack followed and excruciating pain shot through Joeys chest. Apparently the mieros stone managed to get underneath is chest when he fell and the full weight of his body was shoved against it. Suddenly the pain changed from a piercing, jabbing pain to tingling pain as if a thousand needles were being shoved into his skin. The pain pain then moved from just his chest to his hole body. A cry of pain escaped his mouth, letting his friends know that he was seriously hurt. Just as they were about to pick him up to see just how bad the damage was, his skin started to change. Orange scales erupted out taking the place of the previous covering. Body mass started to be added as his clothes began to rip and tear. Before 15 seconds had passed he was already twice his original mass. During this time three small bumps where forming, two on the top of his back and one at the base of it. Eventually and very painful these bumps developed into a set of wings and a tail. Next his head started to change, scales overtook his entire face and his hair fell off. Then his nose and mouth pushed out with a sickening series of cracks and pops, elongating his face. All of the teeth is his mouth fell out and were replaced be larger and sharper ones. As a final touch to the face and his last shred of humanity, his eyes started to sting and changed into reptilian eyes. A row of spines started pushing their way out of his skin, starting and the base of the neck and ending at the type his new tail. With a crack his stance suddenly became quadrupled, making Joey fall on his face again. His feet and subsequently his hands changed, his old nails fell out and were replaced with claws on both his hands and his feet, a new set of padding formed on his hand and their shape changed to allow walking on. While all the changes were happening his body mas was still increasing, he now was about ten feet tall laying down and his tail extended out another 15 feet. Once all the changes stopped Joey manages to look up for a seconds to see his friends with a look of surprise and terror on their faces look at before he passed out.

…

When Joey woke up he saw that his mom, dad, winston, Jess and Peter were huddled around each other trying to figure out what do to do. His failed attempt to get up alerted them that he had regained consciousness.

“Oh my god Joey is that you?’ Joey's mom asked his a concerned tone.

“I think so” Joey replied, almost jumping at the sound of his own voice.

“Oh my god my voice!” Joey exclaimed.

“Its ok, your voice is the least of your worries”. Joey's mom said

after looking himself over Joey said ”what happened to me?”

“I don't know son I don't know” Joey's dad replied.

“Why don't you try and get up and move around” Peter suggested, everyone else agreed.

“Ok, here goes nothing” Joey said. After another set of failed attempts to stand up Joey finally managed to do it. Even with his new quadrupled stance he still towered over them. His head reached about 25 feet in the air and his body was almost twice as long. Walking was very different, his first few steps were slow and wobbly but he eventually got the hang of it. Next Joey tried to move his wings and tail. It felt weird have all of these new appendages, when he tried to move his tail it responded obediently, but he overestimated to amount of effort that he needed to used and subsequently almost hit Peter.

“Maybe we should take him to the hospital?” Joey’s dad asked uncertainly.

“I don’t think he will fit in the car,” his mom replied, “and even if we find a way to get him there, do you really think they can fix him?”

“They might be able to figure what happened to him” he replied.

“What good would that do?” She retorted. “We already know that he’s been turned into a dragon. What else could we find out?”

Meanwhile, Joey was trying to figure out how to unfold his wings. It took him a few moments of pushing and tugging, but he finally got them free. He stretched them out to see how far they would go, only to hit the side of the house with his right wing, muttering “Ow” to himself. Jess and Peter were watching in amazement.

“Your wingspan is almost 30 feet long Joey!” Peter exclaimed. “You’re bigger than my parents’ car!”

“Do you think you could fly?” Jess asked excitedly. “How high do you think you could go?”

“I don’t know.” Joey replied, “I could try, but I might break something if I do it here.”

“let’s hold off on the flying part for now” Peter said.

“I agree with Peter, flying is not the best idea right now” Joey dad said.

After a few minutes Joey's parent went inside to discuss what to do, Joey test out his new form Peter remarked “I can’t get over how tall you are now”.

“ya, out of the three of us you were always the shortest” Jess said, ageing with Peter.

“hey this just as weird for me if not weirder, you look so small from up here. Joey said.

“I just got an idea” Peter exclaimed.

“and what is this idea?” Joey asked hesitantly.

“that will ruin the fun I tell you” Peter said with a grin that his friends knew all too well.
“I not sure if I like the way you’re going with this” Joey said.

“Oh come on, it's not like there's anything that I can do to hurt you, now lay down” Peter said exasperated.

“Alright, just get it over with” Joey, complying with his friends wishes. As soon as Joey had got himself into a comfortable position Peter made his move. Jumping on Joey's tail Peter climbed his way up and be for Joey knew it he was standing triumphantly on Joey's back.

“Peter get down!” Jess said scolding her friend.

“Your so light, I barely feel you” Joey said completely ignoring Jess.

“Oh come on Joey, don't tell me you're ok with this” Jess complained.

“I mean it's not like he is doing something wrong or bad, so guess not” Joey said.

“Why don't you try to stand up with me on you” Peter suggested.

“Um ok” Joey said. Slowly and carefully Joey pushed himself into a standing position with Peter on top of him.

“This is so cool, it's like that time we when horseback riding but way better” Peter said with excitement.

“I can't believe that I am watching this right now, your friends turns into a mythical creature and the first thing you do is try to ride on him, I mean come on Peter” Jess said with a tone of exasperation.

“What are you doing to do about it” Peter said with a smirk

“I don't know” Jess said in a frustrated tone.

“Well if you're not going to do anything about then I can do this, ONWARD MY NOBLE STEED” Peter shouted.“

…

The next few minutes were comprised of Peter and Joey malkin and prancing around with the former on to of the later. Jess eventually gave up on trying to stop them, and went along with their shenanigans. After a few hours Joey’s parents came and said that it was time for bed.

“Um, how am I supposed to sleep, I can't fit into the house.” Joey asked.

“Well I guess that you will just have to sleep outside” his dad said.

“What?”

“Can you think of a better idea?” Joey’s mom asked.

“Um, well no”

“Then its settled”

…

Luckily for Joey Jess and Peter offered to sleep outside with Joey so he would not have to be alone for the night. Sleeping outside was nothing new for Joey, he had gone on multiple camping trips and had slept on his family's property a few times but all of those times he was in a tent and in his current situation there was no tent that he could fit in. The night was probably cold for his friends, but not for Joey. His new scales seems to be very good at insulating him so even though he did not have a sleeping bag or blanket, he was able to stay warm. Sleeping on the other hand was not such an easy task. It took him a while to find a comfortable position. After two or three attempts to get comfortable Joey thought back to his time of being a dragon fanatic, trying to remember how dragons were depicted in a laying down position. After thinking for a seconds, Joey decided to try and sit the way his late dog sleeped. After a fw tries Joey finally got into a comfortable sleeping position and immediately fell asleep.