Sphinx
The roaring winds rip through the air around you even as you plummet through the black tunnel, your mind trying to figure out what could have possibly happened for you to be falling like this. Everything is black; up, down, left or right, anywhere you look you can see nothing around you. Nothing but this infernal blackness as you continue to fall, a scream escaping your lips.
Suddenly it's all gone as you hit the ground, though little more than an 'Oof' escapes your lips as you hit the ground, as if you'd just tripped instead of falling for what seemed to be eternity. The grass underneath you isn't wet like it had been a couple minutes ago; it was dry and brittle, like it hadn't rained in days, which puzzled you, as there had been a ferocious storm just moments ago before you began you fall.
"What the...?" You mutter aloud as you look up, spotting the massive plain in front of you. Brobdingnagian mountains loomed in the distance, their purple outline a stark contrast to the yellow-orange sunset that should not have been happening.
A loud cry splits the air, and you cover your ears to try and block the pain as you look up to see the largest bird you had ever seen before in your life. It's wings were green and translucent, and you soon realize, much to your dismay and shock, that what you thought was a bird was really a massive dragon.
"That's not possible..." You mutter, staring at the monstrosity as it flew away from where you sat. "Dragons aren't real...they're just myth." You say, as if trying to reaffirm to yourself that what you're seeing cannot possibly be true even as you rub your slowly warming ribs.
You let out a groan as your ribs slowly start to burn, and you whine loudly and curl up as you rip off your shirt, spotting the fur sprouting from your skin even as your hands begin to morph into what looks to be paws.
"Gah!" You scream as your chest feels like its tightening itself up. You flinch at your voice, having turned in pitch from a man's voice, to a woman's.
A convulsion passes through your body as you feel like your spine just jutted itself from your body. Your curious head swings around to spot a tail flailing around behind you, and you yell as you try to get to your feet only to find it impossible to balance only on your two hind legs, which had morphed into a more animalistic structure that was meant for quadrupedal walking instead of the bipedal form of transportation you're used to.
"What the hell is going on?!" You squeak loudly as you look about, working all four feet underneath you, trying to figure out how to stand in this new body of yours, your wobbly legs supporting you only for a few seconds before giving way.
Here you lay, trapped in a new land and a new body, and you try to calm your mind as you attempt to think of what to do.
Written by Czar Lawrence III on 07 January 2013
