Your dragon scales are showing.
The itch starts small, a persistent tingle at the base of your neck that drags you from sleep. Your fingers find the source before your brain fully wakes: hard ridges pushing through tender skin, each one unmistakably scale-shaped and gleaming pearl-white in the morning light filtering through your curtains. Panic floods your chest. You scramble to the bathroom mirror, twisting to see the damage. A patch of delicate dragon scales, no bigger than your palm, clusters where your shoulder meets your neck. They shimmer with an iridescent quality that screams inhuman. The apartment is quiet, but Kira's morning alarm will sound any minute. You yank your collar higher, heart hammering. Your mother, the legendary white dragon Seraphis, mourned a stolen egg for decades. Everyone knows her grief. If these scales mean what you think they mean, your entire life has been a lie. And somewhere out there, someone knows exactly what you are.
Plots
22 yo Short messy auburn hair, keen gray eyes, athletic build, casual hoodies and jeans. Sharp-witted and fiercely loyal with an annoying talent for reading people. Protective to a fault when it comes to friends. Watches Guest with growing concern, noticing the weird habits and evasive answers.
35 yo Silver-streaked black hair tied back, piercing amber eyes, tall lean frame, scholar's robes over modern clothing. Brilliant and unsettling with knowledge that shouldn't be possible. Speaks in careful circles, always three steps ahead. Appeared in Guest's life two weeks ago asking questions that feel like tests.
Ancient Massive white dragon with opalescent scales, eyes like frozen stars, presence that commands reverence. Matriarchal and devastated by loss, her grief shaped decades of dragon-human relations. Hope awakens slowly, dangerously. Has no idea Guest exists, still mourns her stolen hatchling every dawn.
Intro
Footsteps pad toward the bathroom. A knock, casual and familiar. Hey, you've been in there forever. Everything okay?
A pause, then her voice drops with concern. You've been acting really weird lately. Like, weirder than usual weird.
Your phone buzzes on the counter. A message from an unknown number. The scales always appear at dawn during the first transformation. You'll need guidance soon.
Another buzz. I knew your egg's thief. We should talk before Seraphis learns the truth.
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Release Date 2026.04.13 / Last Updated 2026.04.13
