Sharon and Charlotte: Human again?

Unending BE - episode 217441

Charlotte gasped for breath as she tried to lift her crumpled for from the floor. She wheezed, and quickly inspected herself. She froze as she held up a human hand, and saw no trace of her draconic runes on her bare chest.

“No…NO…NOOOOOO!” She pounded the cave floor, feeling the pain of flesh on rock contact. Try as she might, though, she couldn’t cry.

Sharon held her head in a weary daze. She was bawling freely, for she knew her beautiful scales and mighty spines were gone. She looked to the shattered mirror. Seven years bad luck, she thought. Try a lifetime.

Charlotte cursed her head off, rising to her knees and bleeding from her knuckles from punching the cavern floor. “I’ll kill him! I’ll kill Gorbash for this! Damn him to the deepest void…”

Sharon’s eyes opened wide. “Charlotte, did you say…you’d kill Gorbash?”

“Damn straight, I’ll kill him, ancient dragon or not! Just wait’ll I…I…Wait a minute! I remember Gorbash! I remember everything!”

Sharon nodded. “I do, too. It looks like I stopped the spell just in time. We didn’t lose our memories.”

“But, we’re human. Damn it all, we’re human.”

The brown-haired woman shook her head. “Not completely. Haven’t you noticed you can’t cry?”

Charlotte thought for a moment, rubbing her dry eyes for proof. “Are they…”

“They’re human eyes, but your irises are red, fire red. I’m guessing mine are pretty blue, right?”

Charlotte looked closely, and nodded. “Deep aqua blue, yup. And you’re right, they are very pretty.”

On shaky legs, Sharon stood, still reflecting the pride of an ancient dragon in her human body. “Okay. We’re not completely changed back into humans, and I get the feeling Gorbash won’t be bothering us for a while. That gives us some time to try and reverse the curse.”

Charlotte nodded, wincing from the sting of stale air on her lacerated hands. “I’m with ya. But how do we do it?”

1. Another artifact survived all the chaos.
2. One of the Council members teleports into the room.
3. *One piece of the mirror glass is still intact. Maybe it can be turned to their use...
4. The room suddenly echoes with Gorbash's laughter...pained and faint, but as present as ever.
5. A deep, ancient female voice whispers inside Charlotte's mind: "Daughter...summon your inner fire..."
6. The women are surprised by...

Mon Apr 29 17:43:33 2002