A woman was lying collapsed on her couch. She had many things she was supposed to be doing, but no matter how much she willed herself to, she simply couldn’t bring herself to do it. Physically she was fine, but nonetheless her life left her absolutely exhausted. She had no free time and much of what she had to do was mindless busy work. Sure her job was stable and paid well, but was it truly worth it?

Fortunately, she wasn’t alone, for standing next to her was a green dragon. An outside observer would say she was alone, but she didn’t feel alone. Some would call the dragon an “imaginary friend”, but she felt such a term was a disservice to just how impactful and important he was to her. If not for him, she would have given up long ago. Though, it was getting to the point now where she worried even his support may not be enough...

It was a worry the dragon himself shared, but recently he had an idea. It was, to put it mildly, a rather far-out-there idea, but if it worked, well... it would definitely solve the issue. Thus far, the woman had been able to influence him and his world through his imagination, bringing him all sorts of joy and such. But... he had an imagination too. What if he, perhaps, could help her with it in the same way?

And so, he began focusing his imagination toward her. And though she did not realize it at the time, she was starting to develop horns, her hair receding and revealing purple scales atop her head. But it wasn’t until her mouth and nose started reshaping themselves into a purple draconic muzzle that she finally began to notice what was going on.

She rapidly stood up, looking around for what might be causing this, but calmed down when she saw her dragon signalling that everything was okay. She didn’t know how it was possible, but it seemed that he was behind this, and to be honest... she didn’t find herself minding it at all. In fact, perhaps it could be just the change she needed in her life?

As she felt draconic wings and a thick draconic tail sprouting behind her, she expected to hear her clothes being ripped to tatters, but no. They simply vanished, instead. She didn’t have anything to hide anymore, though. Looking down, she saw that her entire torso was now covered in purple scales, except her front which was colored pink instead. She gave her new wings a couple test flaps and her tail a swish. This all felt so very nice, so wondrous... She had almost forgotten what a sense of wonder felt like, but today it was returning in full force.

She made her way outside, feeling her arms and legs being covered in scales, her hands and feet changing to draconic paws. She then looked up at the sky. She had never flown before, but she had imagined it many times. And so, without any issue, she took to the skies, alongside her best friend.