Baby Ranma wasn't sleeping anymore and he stared, cooing, at the huge reptilian snout of an old bronze dragon. The ozone-rich odor coming out of his nostrils didn't seem to bother him as he tried to reach for the big shiny moving thing above him "Daaa... Daaa..."
Not far from this touching scene, a female silver dragon gushed "Ooooh... He's just so cute! Can we keep him, please?" Most males present rolled their eyes at her reaction. Aesthyrondalaurai couldn't lay eggs anymore but her maternal instincts were still there and going strong.
One of the younger copper dragons turned to adress the gold dragon who had proposed to polymorph Ranma into one of them "Elder, are you sure about this course of action?"
Riikano-alinaris, a great gold wyrm who was perhaps the oldest dragon alive, being more than four millenia old, nodded "If we don't, this little human will never survive this place" Indeed, for the meeting of dragons was taking place in a volcanic grotto. Already, baby Ranma was coughing and starting to cry as the heat and air were taking their toll on him.
Another dragon, an adult brass dragon named Alazphraxion, snorted "Besides, how could he survive on the island like he is now? Perhaps you could volunteer to find him milk? Did you know that humans need... blablabla..." Everyone but the other brass dragons groaned. They weren't in the mood for one of their interminable lectures.
"Ahem...!" Riikano's polite cough translated itself into a deep rumble who echoed everywhere, making the cave shake a little "Now that we are agreeing on this, let us proceed with the ritual"
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In this particular fantasy world, metallic dragons were few in numbers while the chromatic ones had almost completely disappeared. The few remaining exotic breeds (like the gem dragons) were dying out, leaving only unintelligent drakes and others to plague the humanoid civilizations.
The remaining metallic dragons had decided to retire from the world at large and settled on a deserted island, far from any land settled by the younger races. Their community had endured to this day by hiding their refuge from all means of detection, magical or otherwise. No one could found their new home since they moved there.
Of course, try to tell Oberon and the Fey of that...
Transforming Ranma would not be overly complicated in theory but the Ritual of Ascension was still a tricky spell to pull off. Should it work, his draconic form would also depend on his inner nature.
Little Ranma was put on a makeshift altar while the dragons used arcane and divine magic to change his shape from human baby to dragon wyrmling. Hours later, it was done and Ranma was now a...
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