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Dream Team’s Character Development in a Nutshell:
[During Flashbacks]
Nick: Dragons are bad >:(
Clay: *exists*
Nick: I may have been wrong
...
Clay: Humans are bad >:(
Nick: *exists*
Clay: I may have been wrong
[Current Day]
George: Humans and dragons are bad >:(
Dream: *exists*
George: Okay, maybe dragons are fine, but humans are still bad >:(
Sapnap: *exists as well*
George:
George: F**k
Dragonshifter - A Dream Team AU
CURRENTLY ON HIATUS
My AO3 can be found here!
In a hybrid (modded) Minecraft/Fantasy world, Dream is a recognized dragon slayer that, unknown to the masses, can transform into a dragon. In reality, he’s never actually slain a dragon – he’s just really good at illusionary spells. Since the day he ran away from home, he has never seen another person like him. That is, until he runs into a fellow named George…
FULL STORY CONTENT WARNINGS (Spoilers!): SOFT/SAFE VORE, Vore Mentions, Mouthplay, Implied Past Child Abuse, Villain Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Implied Character Death, Blood and Injury, Major Character Injury, Peril, Near Death Experiences, Mild Gore, Zombies, Zombification, Giant Spiders, Fear, Mild Language (this list will likely be updated)
Everything will be marked accordingly, so feel free to block tags or skip over chapters whose contents you might not enjoy. Don’t like, don’t read – it’s as simple as that! Here be dragons!
Disclaimer: I’m a female and I don’t know how to write male characters. This whole thing is kinda just writing practice / self-indulgence for me. Also, this isn’t DreamNotFound (or any kind of ship-fic for that matter) but do expect some purely platonic bromance here and there. Interpret it however you will, but it will not be overtly shippy.
One-Shots:
The Pilot and the False-God
A Prank of Draconic Proportions
Totem of the Seas
Main Story:
Added a read-more to keep things neat - click to see the full chapter list
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Dream replied, “We’re smaller, our scales are brighter, and we have thumbs.”
“Thumbs?” the blue dragon asked in an incredulous tone, looking at his own paws with a bemused expression. “You’re serious?”
“Yeah I’m serious,” the other beast laughed. “Real dragons don’t have thumbs!”
“That’s weird,” George stated, smirking faintly.
Here’s the difference between Dragonshifters and true dragons, visualized! All measurements are approximate, and also vary between individuals (like how Dream is slightly larger than George - but both would be smaller than a real dragon)
Silhouettes sourced from Google Images; I own nothing
Knightport - the second-largest city on the continent; Sapnap and Punz live and work here
Bronzechill - the nearest town to Knightport; Sapnap’s family still lives here
Hearthview - Sapnap and Dream’s hometown
Weyrsdawn - the previously unnamed town from the Prologue
Lakeside Township - Skeppy’s hometown
Outpost - an upgraded Pillager Outpost that has taken over an old wizard tower; not important to the main story
Wolfreach - where Dream encountered BadBoyHalo, Skeppy, and Antfrost
Map made w/ this tool from RollForFantasy.com
I managed to make a basic dragon face template in MS Paint, so here are Dream and George’s official designs and color palettes! I’ll definitely post more of these in the future, once more Dragonshifters start to pop up ;)
Forgot I made this meme for Part III lol
I noticed that a few of you guys were really intrigued by the inclusion of Punz in Part II. Dunno why I’m surprised, he’s been friends with Dream for a long time, he was one of the first people added to the Dream SMP in the early days, and he’s been around the MCYT scene ever since. But since some of you were curious about Punz as he appears in Dragonshifter, I figured I’d go ahead and address it.
To catch you guys up, I talked a bit about him in a comment on AO3 a little while back (click for better quality):
As previously stated, I don’t watch Punz, and I never really planned for him to play an integral part in the story. My intent was for him to simply be a good friend of Sapnap (and Dream, if you squint) and nothing more.
Also, here’s a great theory from @beansthough that I didn’t want to dismiss entirely (and if I didn’t have a solid idea as to where this story was going, I probably would’ve taken this and ran with it, because I do really like it):
Now, here’s some background I didn’t get into in the main story –
Punz didn’t know much about Dream before deciding to help Sapnap at the market. Before that, Sapnap had told him only a little about Dream, which didn’t include anything about him being a Dragonshifter:
Dream fixed Sapnap with a wary look.
“You didn’t tell him…”
“No, he doesn’t know,” the dark-haired man assured quickly, “I just need the extra help, and I’ve known him for a while. That’s not like… gonna be an issue, is it?”
That said, Punz did know that Sap had a pocket dimension that he visited on occasion – which had been where he spent the majority of this time during the Knightport lockdown – but he hadn’t known that Dream was its primary resident.
After starting to help with selling scales, Punz would have the chance to speak with Dream a little more often, and while at that point they might’ve considered one another friends, it’s unlikely that Dream would reveal him being a Dragonshifter to Punz, at least for a while.
While that’s all well and good, I personally find their first meeting hilarious, and I’m kinda bummed I couldn’t find a good place to slot it in to Part II. Because of how things worked out, the flashbacks effectively stopped at the best end-point I could think of, but since Punz’s introduction to Dream happened afterwards, it ended up being glossed over entirely.
Dream alludes to this prior interaction with Punz in the same exchange cited earlier:
“Oh, that reminds me! My friend, Punz,” Sapnap began, only to add swiftly, “you remember Punz…”
“The one guy that tried to steal from your stand,” the slayer answered wryly, “how could I forget?”
“Hey, he was just messing around,” the human retorted.
Essentially, how Dream met Punz was right when Sapnap first set up his scale stand, originally in Bronzechill rather than Knightport (Sapnap would later make enough coin to be able to move to Knightport and sell scales there instead). Dream was quietly overseeing its setup, helping Sap where he could, but mostly standing back and keeping himself cloaked by his invisibility spell because he didn’t want to attract any more attention than he already had.
Punz had just been passing through when he spotted his friend Sapnap setting something up, clearly looking like he was about to sell stuff. And to be funny, he decided to try stealing something. He managed to swipe a simple bangle before attempting to run away.
‘Attempting’ being the keyword, there.
Cue Punz being startled and very confused when he was tackled out of nowhere by an invisible dragon slayer.
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Despite the inherent duality of Dragonshifters, their human form is their default state. Thus, when they are born, they start out as helpless human infants. They are born with scales however, which allows them to be identified as a Dragonshifter, as well as displaying what color the scales of their dragon form will be.
At around a year old, baby Dragonshifters gain the ability to shift between forms. Their dragon forms reflect their age, and are likewise very small, usually only two feet tall at the shoulder. They obviously start out uncoordinated in this form, but just as with their human one, they will continue to work on their mobility as they develop. Their own wings and tails are very confusing to them, at this stage.
Starting at about three or four years, Dragonshifter kids grow to be extremely energetic, shifting between forms just for fun. They have a lot of energy, and love to run, jump, and climb on things as they feel out the limits of their own body. Their wings are still pretty useless at this stage, but that doesn't stop little Dragonshifters from flapping them in the hope of achieving flight.
Proper control of the wings comes at the ages of six to eight, depending on the individual. It's at this point that their wings are developed enough to glide, but self-sustained flight is still a ways off.
Somewhere between the ages of nine to eleven, the wings become fledged enough to allow for flight, though this is usually very taxing on a young Dragonshifter's body. It is still very important for them to practice flight at this stage, as they are still building muscle in their wings, while the consequences of falling are much less lethal than they would be later on.
It’s also at around this stage that the natural growth of their dragon form begins to increase at a dramatic rate.
At ages twelve to fourteen, a Dragonshifter reaches sexual maturity, and finally become capable of breathing fire.
Finally, it’s at around the ages of sixteen to eighteen that a Dragonshifter reaches their full size.
Silhouettes sourced from Google Images; I own nothing
