Feels Normal 1 Tf

*This was my first Tf story and it feels a bit rushed, but the first day was boring and not much needed to go into detail.  Also small warning about language, I will star out really bad words but small not so bad ones will be there*


I was a normal guy, a bit lazy but that's kind of normal anyways, and well I'm a dragon.  This would be a surprise to some if dragons were not common knowledge now; it has been two years since dragons became public knowledge. This is a story how it began and how it continues, the story of Bryce Collett.

It was a normal morning- err afternoon, I tend to sleep in when no work in the morning needs done, and I was wondering the house looking for something to eat.  Dad was watching the news about how several Hierarchy bases were cleared out here in Idaho and the Air Force base in Mountain Home was in charge of finding others.  They seem to have a prediction that there are more Hierarchy bases scattered among the mountains, lucky me since I live next to the Owyhee Mountains and our cow camp is up there.  

Been two years since dragons became publicly known and seeing a dragon in town was considered normal, many places in Idaho are secluded small settlements that the Hierarchy tried to change in mass out of desperation but so many people they couldn't keep track of them all which led to several escapees and several bases being discovered, and dragons being widely excepted in Idaho.  I live in a small town called Oreana, well sort of our house is right on the edge of the city limits, and we would be lucky to be considered having 50 people living here.  Closest neighbor to our home is over a mile away and because of the seclusion several dragons have moved here, or come on the weekends, for the open space and flying worry free of power lines, there are power lines just not near as many as an actual town.  They did have to mind the constant helicopters flying into the mountains but as long as they did not fly to close, was wearing clothing, and/or had those funny G.P.S things mounted to their head that identified them to the helicopters, forgot what they are called, they were fine.

I have always wondered if I had the chance to be a dragon would I take the chance?  Growing up I've secretly always wanted to be a dragon even before the big reveal, friends and family knew I was a dragon fanatic though.  Most through high school I wanted to be a dragon until someone grabbed me by the heart and now all I want is a good paying job to support her and that is why I am currently going for my master's degree in computer science.   She has managed to escape the feedlot her family worked on to live in town and began working there but, I have yet to find a job to escape the family ranch myself.  

*Beep beep beep*

The microwave starts beeping and I remove my Hotpockits from the microwave and proceed to my 'cave', my small room.  Nothing new on DA and I didn't feel like playing any games on the Xbox or the computer, being in the middle of no were tends to cause one to play every game to death five times over.  No DSL comes out where I live so we get satellite for internet connection and even though it isn't the fastest it is fast enough to play Minecraft online, the day I found out I could play that online caused a very happy moment.

Finished shoving food down my neck and I go to wash up, looking in the mirror I see a shaggy dirty blond man with a farmers tan.  My eyes seem to have decided to be green today, sometimes they like to be brown or something in between.  I've procrastinated shaving for a week now and now I got the start of a beard and mustache, hate having a beard because it itches but hate shaving it because my hair might as well be made of iron.  I'm a slim guy with a small muscle build, would be bigger if I did not slack on the ranch too often.

Walking out in my work clothes, red hooded sweater, Jeans, and a cap that has our family brands on it and saying 'Collett Ranch' on it.  Mother was on her computer, a short brown hair gal that couldn't lose the baby weight after having me, while father is a tall dirty blond guy that always has a mustache and always wears his custom grey beaver cowboy hat, long sleeve shirt, jeans, and belt wherever he goes, was getting ready to head out and find something to do.  I started to head out to start the pump when I heard a mass of helicopters flying over.  I walked out to the lawn, into the December air, and looked up.  Not sure if it was best or worst thing I ever did but when I looked up something red smashed into my face and turned to powder.  Managed to keep my footing surprisingly but it did cause me to twirl.  I immediately go to stand straight again but two more things hit me in the back and then one final one in the back of the head which did knock me down.  Was not positive what hit me until my face started to burn along with the other places that were hit did I realize what hit me, Tf stones.  I became so filled with joy and fear that it blocked out the pain until the physical changes started to happen.  I could not see most of it happening as my eyes were caked shut from that red stone smashing directly into my face but the powder was starting to absorb more and more, eventually I will be able to open my eyes.

Was so focused on my thoughts I almost failed to notice mother and father asking me if I was alright, managed to squeak out, "I'm fine for now," as I get on my hands and knees at least.  The Tf stones must have been fighting each other because it felt like I was in an endless tug-o-war between the spots that hit me, another way of describing it would be multiple waves in a puddle clashing together.  The changes continued despite their feud and then my legs started to change and the feeling of bone re-arranging was not fun at all, I'm very pain tolerant but it actually did cause me to cuss a little.  My face started to change into a longer shape, causing my glasses to fall to the ground.  The pain from the change in my face was a welcome distraction from the pain in my legs and feet, they seemed to cancel each other out.  As the pain in my legs and face started to subside the pain in my back and tailbone increased.  I hurried and removed the belt from my pants, this moment I realized I had claws which made getting my work belt off a bit difficult, managed to get it unbuckled just as I start to grow in size and for a tail to burst through my pants.

I was finally able to open my eyes to at least a squint to be greeted by a red muzzle, which was enough to get them to open the rest of the way up, and I saw red scaly hands with white claws with a tint of grey on them holding me up off the ground.  I hear my shirt tear as I grow too big for it and my new appendages sprouting from my back was enough to finish it off and leave it in 3-4 pieces on the ground.  The feeling of the new appendages, which I bet are the wings, was the strangest thing I have ever felt, as the nerves in the new arms, fingers, and the webbing between the fingers became active even as they stretched and grew.

The growing was slowing and the wings and tail seem to have stopped growing but the tug of war between where the Tf stones hit still continued.  I braved a look at my body to see red, yellow, and green colors fighting over the scales on my body, I could feel it a little on the back of my head but the one to the face was early enough to surround it.  Since red was my favorite dragon color I started hoping the red color would win and it seemed silently cheering gave it extra power to start pushing the others back.  The green one I'm assuming that started between my shoulder blades wouldn't go without adding some features of its own and I gained a crest of some kind that started growing halfway down my neck, which by the way grew longer, to almost the top of my head but more toward the back.

The yellow color that seemed to be mostly in my lower back was pushed and quarantined to the bottom half of my tail and before it could be completely engulfed it felt like it made changes to the last two feet of my tail but did not see anything different on my plain red tail.

The back of my head acted in the same manner as whatever color it was couldn't go without adding more changes and I got two horns that quickly sprouted on my head, have to look in the mirror later to see them.

The changes seem to have stopped so I took a deep breath and noticed that I was standing on all fours, as great as it felt I tried to stand up like normal and it seemed easy enough.  I catch a glimpse of my parents looking like they wanted to do or say something but they just seemed to stand there.

Trying to think of something stupid to say, "Anyone get the number of that buss that hit me?"

"Bryce are you alright!?"  My comment caused them to jolt and respond in haste.

"Yeah but, I think I need a mirror and a measuring tape," It was hard hiding the grin on my new muzzle as I was more excited than anything, I know it will cause problems later on but right now I feel like a kid that got a new toy.

Dad looked at me in question, "You seem to be taking this fairly well."

I shrugged, "My dragon fanatic side that I've always had is beyond excited that it blocks out my logical side, I imagine my logical side will come in and slap me in the face later," Dad laughed and mother rolled her eyes.

Before anymore was said some gun shots were heard in the sky and looking up we could see about ten dragons, one being massive, fleeing from about five helicopters.  One of those dragons must have dropped those stones while being shot at and I got hit with them, so I started looking around.  I could pick out the different strands of grass as good as my vision is and while scanning the yard I found two golf ball sized stones, a black and a white one.  The white one could easily be mistaken for a snowball in the right areas but here it has yet to snow and was obliviously a Tf stone.  The black one was about two feet from it in the sand around the pool; it wasn't completely black as it had a little grey tint to it.

My parents saw me pick them up and mother asked me, "What did you find?"

"Two Tf stones."

"Is it really a good idea to pick them up after what they did to you?"

"They only affect humans and thanks to those Tf stones I'm no longer human," thinking of what to do with them, "Probably should hide these somewhere, I'll put them in my room for now," I looked around and noticed the remains of my clothing, "Aw man that was my favorite sweater, guess I'll be cloth shopping."

My parents just laughed and it seemed strange on how well they were taking it they must of known that it would happen to me someday, I was always the person drawn towards everything dragon even before the big reveal, and they would always ask since the reveal if I would become a dragon if I had a chance (Then they would hear my rant of how I might of if I didn't care so much for someone, which will probably be an interesting story later).

Walking into the house I had to duck to get through each door in the house, I must be about eight feet tall, and I had to partially duck not to hit the ceiling.  I placed the two tf stones on my desk and proceeded to the mirror.  When I look into the mirror I see a red dragon with oddly colored horns.  The horns point straight backwards with a slight curve upwards and were stripped in two colors, cyan and navy blue.  Each horn is striped twice with the cyan color with the one navy blue stripe in between them.

I noticed my crest is like my frill ears as I had a scaly like spike now and then starting from the top back of my head down halfway down my neck with webbing connecting each one.  They looked like they were flexible so I felt for muscles there and sure enough the crest can lay back and become nearly invisible.  The spikes matched my scale color while the webbing was an orange color like my wings and the hard scales running down the front of my neck and belly.

What really caught my attention were my eyes, they were a cyan color like the stripes on my horns.  I stared at them for a good while and nearly became hypnotized by them.  Then it dawned on me I looked like my dragon character Drakko from my stories except in an anthro form.

"Like the way you look?"  I jump out of my trance to see dad with a measuring tape.

"Yeah, my own eyes were trying to hypnotize me."

He laughed a bit and we walked outside, I see mother on the phone talking about me which worries me a little.  Once outside and shutting the door on my tail, ow, my dad starts measuring me.

It appears I'm 8' 5" tall, my tail 8' 10" long, and one wing measured 12" 9' (Both wings the same).

"Well aren't you a big boy?" Mother walked out of the house, "Think it will improve my chances for grandchildren?"

"Mother…"

"I know, I know," mother crossed her arms, "I got a hold of the county office to ask were you register yourself as a dragon, apparently you can get one in the same place you got your driver's license in Murphy."

"Guessing we're going sometime today?

"Right now, they close in an hour and then we'll head to Nampa to that new dragon clothing store."

I looked down at my nude scaly self, didn't show anything but, "Can I at least get something modified to fit me so I don't have to go in nekkid?"

It finally dawned on my parents I was outside in the winter time with no coat on, "Aren't you cold?"

"Not really but I would like some pants."

"We'll use one of Sean's pants to at least get you to town."

Sean is my older brother that is mentally and physically handicapped, mentally as in he can't grow older than the age of four mentally and physically as in his knees go out if he tries to go faster than a slow walk; he also has an eating disorder.  He's a big guy due to his eating disorder and he's pants will be baggy enough for me to walk properly with these new legs, my jeans were pretty snug on my human self and would not fit my dragon self.  The reason he was not here at the moment was because it was because a good friend of ours took him to a movie today.

Mother did a quick five minute job modifying the pants, a quick cut down the back for my tail and were held up by my dress belt that had my favorite buckle on (That I won from an IRCHA horse show).  She quickly shooed me out to her pickup and I got in the back seat so I could fit better with my tail.  Dad stayed behind to start the pump for me and do whatever else he planned on doing for the day.

The drive was uneventful except for the question mother asked me, "What is your plan for life now?"

And my simple reply, "The same as it was before."

We got to the Murphy office in about fifteen minutes and walked into the appropriate part of the building.  The room was empty besides me, mother, and the person at the desk.   A small blond gal was standing with her back turned away from the counter fiddling with something.  With a small cough from me she turned and jumped at the site of me.

"M-must be here for registration?"

"That is correct," I nodded.

"And what brings you here today Mrs. Collett?"

"Just here with my son."

"BRYCE?!"  Oddly that was the first time I heard my name all day.

"Yup," No idea who she was but, I was really bad with names and faces.

"Wow when did it happen?"

Mother pretty much took over talking from here, "About a half an hour ago, military was chasing some dragons over our house when they got the stones shot out of their hand."

"Oh so you got on dropped on yah, eh?"

I spoke up this time, "Actually one to the face, one to the back of the head, and two to the back."

"Oh my, do you have more abilities than the average dragon?"

"I don't think so but I did get these interesting colored horns because of it," pointed a claw at them.

"Never seen a dragon with horns like those, wonder if there is anything special about them?"
I shrugged, "Only time will tell."

She shrugged to and opened a drawer pulling out some papers, "Just answer these questions and you'll get your new ID and drivers license if you like."

"Alright," I sat on the stool in front of the counter and went to work on the paper; luckily the claws on my hands did not interfere with my writing ability.  The paper consists of questions like, 'Do you feel above humans?' Or 'Do you have a need to hurt people?'  Questions that seemed silly to me but I imagine there are some feral dragons out there that these questions were meant for.

I finished and handed it back to the nice lady, "Well you passed with flying colors, let's get your picture taken," she nodded to the machine next to her.  I stood in front of some sort of blue fabric, there version of a green screen I guess, and waited for her to take the picture, "Turn you head just a little, ok just like that now wait just a second…"

I grinned a little but not enough to show my teeth, didn't want to frighten people who looked at my ID.  She took the picture and was happy with the results.  Now I have a new ID and a new driver's license.

We said our goodbyes and proceeded to Nampa.  The trip was nice as mother still talked to me like I was normal, still amazed how well she took my change (Almost too good to be true).  In about 45 minutes we were in Nampa and while going down center of town we would see a few dragons on the sidewalk walking or talking with friends, usually it was one or two dragons in a group of humans.

We reach the store in no time as the traffic in town was not too bad, was not rush hour.  The store was in the Karcher Mall, the mall is pretty empty since the big mall in Boise opened so it was not very had to find the store.  The store was bigger than I thought it would be and they had all sorts of styles converted to fit dragons of all shapes and sizes.  We started looking through the aisles until we came to one labeled anthro and decided to look around.

We didn't understand any of the numbers on the clothing tags but thankfully someone showed up to help.  It was a blue dragon wearing a specially built red store uniform making it obvious he was a store employee.  We described what happened and we are new to the clothing system and he did a pretty good job describing it.  He even took measurements of the base of my wing and the circumference of the base of my tail for appropriate wing and tail hole sizes (He also took measurements of my head but like my once human head it was too long for any hat they had).   Was not long until I had a new wardrobe bought and we asked if they had any muck boots for dragons, since I work on a ranch with a feedlot I do not really want to step on a cow paddy bare clawed, unfortunately for me they only had custom shoes and boots (which I did buy a two pairs of, dress and work boots).  They suggested looking at D&B as they were getting dragon specific items.

My bank account was probably hurting by then but I was happy to have new clothing, a set of files meant for dulling claws, and a scales grooming kit (Might as well call it an over sized mechanical tooth brush).  Afterwards we decided to browse the mall to try and find anything else to buy, might as well since a drive to town is over an hour.  We went through shops like Hot Topic and Spencers and while we were walking around I noticed I would get a few odd looks from both human and dragon alike, must be the horns or that I'm a dragon dressed like some cowboy with no hat, blue jeans my belt, boots, and a green long sleeve shirt with a white pattern lines on it.  

Mother decided she wanted to go into a women's clothing store, though a bit small, and I was not going in so I sat on a bench outside, sat with one leg on my knee and my arms spread out on top of the bench.  Out of the corner of my eye I could see a red dragoness staring at me from the other side of the hallway and when I would go to look back she'd look away.  She was kind of plain for not having any horns or spikes but she did have a dull blonde mane on her neck and a small forelock on her forehead.

Eventually when I caught her looking at me again I decided to speak up without looking at her, "You know you could just ask."

She jumped a bit and looked embarrassed for getting caught.  She came over and sat at the other side of the bench, "I was just curious to why you wear boots and your horns have color to them."

"The horns came with the transformation and the boots because I work on a ranch, do not really want to step in cow shit while at home," my bluntness at least got a laugh out of her.

"I never imagined someone getting horns like that out of a transformation."

"Well it is probably because I got hit with four Tf stones instead of the usual one."

Her eyes go wide, "How did you manage to get hit by four!?"

"Well it was the perfect Wiley the Coyote moment…"  I explained how it happened and it didn't take very long.

"Wow just happened today and you are not sleeping off the exhaustion afterwards?"

"I slept in the pickup a bit but other than that I'm fine thought I might have to stop and get something to eat, all the sudden it feels like I'm hungry enough to eat an entire cow."

She giggled, "Sounds like you got plenty of those."

"Yeah, spoiled damn things anyways."

She laughed and mom showed up, "Hey Bryce I see you making a new girlfriend."

That moment I learned my scales can change color a little for the top of my muzzle turned pink and other place too but I could not really see them, "Mother you know…"

"She's human and I want grandchildren."

"Mother…"

"I know, I know I said I would drop it."

I sigh and cover my face as the red dragoness is in her giggle fit, "I'm sorry it was just too funny."

"Yes mother is good at that," my muzzle no longer pink I uncover my face, "Just realized I never got your name."

"Rain."

"Well you got her name now ask her for her number."

"Mother!"  Her only reply was to laugh at my muzzle turning pink again, "I'm horrible about not calling people though…"

Rain laughed, "Do you have Skype?"

"Yes."

"Look up this user name…" She gave me a piece of paper with a user name written on it, "You're quite fun to talk to."

I watch as my muzzle slowly fades back to red, "I didn't know scales could change colors."

"Most don't but you got lucky."

"Yay me…"

I stood up and the Rain got a puzzled look on her face as she stood up and looked up at me, "Geez you're massive!"

"I am?"

"You're about a foot taller than I am and your tail length… I guess getting hit with a few too many Tf stones will do that to a person," She started looking me up and down, "Never seen that kind of crest either," that moment I laid my crest back and stood it back up, "And it moves, you are full of surprises kind of surprised that you don't have spikes on your tail or something as many different features you do have."

"I'm thankful for no spikes; don't really want to poke holes in the furniture."

"Yeah I might be kind of plain not having any horns or spikes but at least I don't ruin a recliner I'm sitting in."

We talked for quite a while and she explained how she was one of the many people who found their Tf stones in their bed.  She said it was interesting trying to figure out how to convince friends and family it was her, she got changed not soon after the big reveal.  Her parents were tough to convince but after explaining things that only her and her parents knew they accepted her.  Her friends were a bit the same way but were not as tough to convince as her parents.  I'm just lucky my parents saw my transformation and have them to vouch for me.  

Eventually Rain's friends showed up, all human, and went off to do whatever they had planned.  Me and mother went off to do a little more walking around and eventually went back to the pickup as the day was starting to end.  Driving home in the dark is never fun for me or mother so we left town.  Drive home was uneventful and we got home with my in a half sleep stupor.

I went to my room and looked around the internet while mother cooked a meal.  During dinner I think I ruined several forks but eventually got the hang of it, I also had to sit at the table with a chair turned funny for my tail.   Mother and Father mentioned how weird it was for them to watch me eat and they gave me odd looks.  I realized at that moment that Sean wasn't home and asked about him.  Mother said he was staying the night at a friend's house.  My brother may drive me nuts and I can hardly stand to live with him but, I still care about him.

The moment finally came when dinner was over and I could lie down.  Having two fans running and my room as dark as I could get it and I went to sleep.