The vendor has traditional bottled sodas with names I never heard of Pachydermpepsi (yuck) and then there some with character tops. I select a scary looking black dragon with red horns on what appears to be cola. He charges me $1.00, which seems cheap, which makes me think the drink will suck, but at least I'll have a cool looking bottle to put on the shelf next to my desk. I pop the top and take a big gulp.
I drink too much, too fast. Immediately, I begin hiccoughing.
The vendor goes crazy. He jumps up and down laughing maniacally.
"Mwahahaahahha! It's working better than I'd hoped. Mwahahhahhaahahha!" chortles the hot dog vendor.
I'm feeling mighty weird. Each hiccough, my body spasms and changes. My neck shoots out projecting my head over the hot dog stand. I look down at the shiny chrome plated steel doors on top of the cart, and a dragon's head stares back. I look quizzically at the hot dog vendor.
He looks back. Stifles another laugh, and says, "Yes, I've changed you into a dragon. Or rather the hot dog was the catalyst for transformation, and the Dragocola programmed your new genetic code. I imagine one more hiccup and you'll be all dragon."
I look back at my body. My clothes are in shreds. I see a massive black scaly lizard body attached to my neck. Anger seethes within me, but so does pride at my magnificent new form, and a sense of great power. I turn my attention back to the vendor, and glare at him.
He suddenly stops laughing. I guess he hadn't considered how dangerous a real dragon might be. His hand reaches for a compartment on his hot dog cart. I look at him and belch.
The ball of orange flame engulfs him. I watch as his face changes from startled surprise to absolute horror. I intensify my flame and the color shifts from orange to yellowish green. I stop breathing fire, and look at the pillar of white ash that had been the evil mage who had transformed me. I swat him with my powerful new tail. The white ash falls into a nearby sandbox where it mingles with the white sands. I leave the overturned hot dog cart, and decide to test my wings.