[Vfw-times] Gornuls belated birthday story

[WereWolf0013 at aol.com]

Sorry for this taking so long all.  not even that good, Gornul might like it 
though...




 Gornuls Birthday Gift
                                 By: W.O.L.F

Today was shaping up to be a good day indeed.

I got up from the computer; a smile painted on my face, and quickly ran to 
answer the doorbell that had just went off.  I was eager to get back to that 
computer and simply look upon what my friends built for me on the World Wide 
Web.   I quickly finished my journey to the door and quickly opened the door 
to see a thin man in an UPS suit carrying a package.  

"Yeah I got a package here for a Mr....   Gornul Eaves, here, from Olympus."  

Questions and confusion hit me like a ton of bricks.  Sure my nickname on the 
net was Gornul, but who in the world would send me anything using my 
nickname?   And where exactly is this Olympus place?

"Uh, Sir," said the thin UPS man shaking me out of my confused daze, "would 
you please sign for the package so that I may be on my way?" While wearing a 
fake smile the thin UPS man quickly held out a pen and a clipboard.

"Oh, ah, yeah sure, I'll sign."  I said still as I snatched the pen and the 
clipboard.  

"So," I said signing the paper work for the package, "Where's this Olympus 
place, Oregon?"

"I dunno," said the UPS man as he handed me the small cardboard package, "I'm 
just the massager."  At that we exchanged the clipboard and the package, the 
UPS man went on his way, and I shut the door and examined the package.

At first glance, the thing looked like any old cardboard package you'd ever 
see, small, plain brown, ugly, and covered with stickers and such.  However, 
when I searched for a return address, I found that was badly smudged and worn 
off.  

"Hmm, strange," I said just before I headed back to the computer, package in 
hand.

Once back at the computer I put the package off to the side, forgetting about 
it while I once again gazed upon what Oren and that others built for me 
Internet, a web page, devoted purely to celebrating my birthday.

I really can't remember how long it was until I again noticed the package, 
but at some point I shifted my attention from the computer screen, too the 
ugly, brown package nearby.

I slowly reached out and snatched it from its resting-place off to the side 
of the computer.  For a few moments I just held it in my hands, staring at 
the dull brown cardboard.  I don't know why, but I oddly felt very anxious, 
like there was something really special about whatever was inside, quickly 
however I pushed this feeling to the side and ripped open the top of the 
package to find, Styrofoam packaging.  

I suddenly felt very silly, all that fuss and that strange feeling over a 
plain ordinary everyday package, heck it was probably just some sort of 
internet browser or something some company was trying to hook me on.  Still 
feeling silly I rolled my eyes and shoved my hand through the Styrofoam 
peanuts expecting to feel the plastic surface of a CD case.

But instead, my fingers grazed something that felt like, metal.  Suddenly 
very curious my hand searched frantically for the object it grazed, and a few 
seconds later, after clenching what felt like a small chain, I pulled what 
looked like a blue pendent out of midst of white Styrofoam.
For a few moments, I sat there, transfixed by what I held in my hand.  It was 
a talisman with a large blue dragon shaped Jewel in the middle, embedded in a 
silver and black metal that felt slightly warm to the touch, like leather or 
skin, only it was obviously some sort of metal.

As the shock slowly left my system, I felt a growing need to try this new 
trinket on for size.

I slowly got up from the computer, the dragon pendent in hand, and made my 
was quickly into the bathroom. Inside I stood in front of the mirror, holding 
up the pendent in hand, up in front of my reflection, I looked upon myself in 
that mirror as if mesmerized, and without thinking about it, slipped the 
chain around my neck.

 I stood there, looking into the mirror, admiring the dragon-shaped pendent 
hanging around my neck, draped across my shirt, when a sudden flash of red 
light shot out of the pendent, blinding me with light, before I felt my 
consciousness enveloped in darkness.

I awoke ever so slowly, my senses slowly reasserting themselves into my mind. 
 I felt the smooth cool vinyl flooring under me, and I opened my eye's to see 
the blurring image of the bathroom from the view of the floor, slowly coming 
back into focus.  But, as I begin to re-awaken to the world, things felt, 
different, out of place, strange.

Nothing felt the same anymore.  As feeling begin returning to me, I noticed 
that my body felt, larger, more cramped in the room then it was before, and 
there was something else I could feel on my back, and something felt out of 
place near my rear, like I had a tail and wings.  Even my arms, legs, and 
skin felt different.

And when my eyes began to refocus, I noticed a lot more face in front of my 
eyes, stranger yet, my face was blue.

Curious, confused, and suddenly feeling strangely full of energy, I got up 
onto my knee's, grabbed hold the side of the sink, and pulled myself back 
into the view of the mirror.

Startled, a large blue horned dragon met my gaze in the mirror.   Then, 
unexpectedly, I felt a strange, calm descend over my mind.  After all, this 
is something I've always wanted to experience, even if only for a day.  I 
twisted my blue reptilian lips into a smile.

This was a most interesting birthday indeed.
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Zeus and Hara peered into their magical viewing pool and smiled at their 
latest transformee.  

"I must say Hon," said Hara in a relieved tone, "using UPS to take care of 
the transformations for us was a stroke of genius," She beamed and leaned 
into her husbands shoulder.

"I agree my love, now we can spend less time working on this exhausting 
little project, and more time wrapped up with each other."

The Olympian couple embraced each other in their arms but before they could 
kiss, there came a knock at their chamber door.

Zeus, annoyed, groaned loudly, then yelled, "Enter," their door swung open to 
reveal a lean man with wings on his feet, holding a clipboard and wearing a 
toga.

"What is it Hermes!" screeched Hara in an annoyed tone.

"New from Wolf, he doesn't want you to use UPS for you to do your job 
anymore."

"WHAT!" Yelled Zeus in an angry shocked tone.

"I dunno," replied Hermes, "I'm just a messenger."

With that, Hermes turned around and let the frustrated couple to their-selves.

---The End----