Scaly Lennon

Chapter 2

"Hey, why are you guys all staring at me?" John snapped, not knowing that his fingernails were turning into sharp claws.

"Well... I... Have you been sharpening you nails lately?" Paul stuttered, not knowing how to tell his friend about what was going on.

"Jeez, why are you guys-" But once John saw himself in the mirror, he couldn't believe his eyes.

"Oh my god!! What's happening to me?!" He screamed as he saw his skin become hard, green scales. Then a tail and two large wings sprouted out of his back.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting out of here!" Ringo shouted as he made his way to the exit door, Paul and George following suit.

And good thing too, because John was growing at an alarming rate. After ten minutes, he finally did stop growing, but was now the size of the entire room. "Ugh... Wha-what just happened?.. He whimpered.

Peeking back into the room, Paul saw that his best mate had transformed into a giant dragon. "John... Is that you there?"

"Who do you think it is?" He snorted "But seriously... I don't really know how this happened... Or if I can change back.."

Not knowing what to do, Paul slowly backed away from him. "Umm... Hey what's that thing on your navel?" He asked pointing to the pendant.

"Huh?. Oh! That's a pendant I got from some looney while I was waiting for my guitar to be fixed. He told me it was magic, but I didn't believe him... Until now." John replied, then he pulled at the pendant, trying to get it off, but it was firmly fixed to him. "Damn it! Guys, I could use a little help here."

Slowly approaching the massive dragon that was once their rhythm guitarist, Paul, George and Ringo pulled as hard as they could, but it still won't come off.

They tried every method they could, they tried using butter to slip it off, they used crowbars to try and yank it out, they even tried to destroy the pendant with a pneumatic drill, but it was still stuck in his navel.

"Sorry Johnny" George mumbled. "We can't get it out... It looks like your stuck like this, unless there's a jeweller or something around here."

"Y-you mean I... Wait! That man who gave this stupid pendant to me, he could still be at the shop! He has gray hair, wears a dark suit, has green eyes and was reading some book about fantasy creatures, you can't miss him."

"Well I highly doubt that the guy would still be there after two hours, but I guess we'll take a look, you coming along?" Ringo asked.

"Oh gee, what do you think?! I'm a dragon! I'll stick out!"

And with that, the three went back to the shop, and surprisingly the pendant man was still there, fixated on his book. Walking up to him, George asked if he was the person who gave John the pendant.

"Oh yes, and it's a good thing at least one of you four have it." He told them.

"What do you mean?" Paul snapped. "John's now a huge dragon! You better change him back or else!"

Looking at the enraged faces of the three Beatles, the man sighed and said, "I'm sorry, but he can't become human just yet."

"Oh and why not,!" Ringo growled. "Once people find out about what happened to him, he'll never be left alone!"

"I shall explain in due time Beatles. But for now, I will say that there is someone looking for you. Oh, and my name is Crowe by the way. Now if you excuse me, I need t-"

But be he could finish his sentence, George grabbed Crowe by the shoulders and dragged him into the recording studio.

"You better change him back now! Or else I'll tear every last hair off your head!!"

"I have told you, I cannot change him back just yet, he'll need to wait at least a week so he can realise his powers."

"You mentioned something about someone being after us. Who's is it? Can you at least tell us that? I don't want us to be left here not knowing what's going on! Ringo begged.

"Hmm... Alright, I shall tell you. I am from a world different from yours, we call it the Fantasy Realm. There are many creatures there who all live in harmony with one another, dragons especially. However, my world is under attack. So I came to this world to ask you for help.

"Us?" John wondered. "But we're just a band, not some wizards like you. What sort of help would we be?"

"You four all have something inside you, which are exactly what I need to help us from the evil plaguing world."

But as Crowe was explaining everything, John had a bad thought. "How would Cyn and Jules think of me?.. Would they... Be afraid?.. I don't want them to see me."