Mark looked at Aidan in thought. Should he make his final adjustments now? Or should he give Aidan some more time? But he wouldn´t take much from Aidan, so why wait?
“Wait a moment, Aidan. There is still something I want to clarify before we can go out.” Mark said to the eager Aidan.
Aidan grumbled a bit for the wait, but as Mark was the reason for his new form, he would accept it. “Okay. What do you want to clarify?” he asked neutral. He only hoped it wouldn´t take to long, his new wings tingled in anticipation.
Mark grinned at him, not disturbed by being grumbled at. “You see, I made that suggestion for a reason. I could have forced these changes onto you, but I didn´t, because I see you as my friend. Nevertheless, I want something in return from you. My wish was to become a dragon rider like in some of my favorite books, and you gave me the chance to make it become real. So, Aidan, from now on, you will be bound to me as my dragon, as I will be your rider. You are free to live your life, but must answer to me if I call, and do as I command you then.”
Aidan looked at Mark with big, shocked eyes. He liked being a dragon so far, but he wasn´t Mark´s trained pet or something like that. While he still thought of what to respond, a magical bond formed between them, which then made Aidan more compliant to Mark´s wishes. “I don´t have a problem with you riding me, that would be the least I can do in return, but I´m not some kind of pet.”
Mark sighed at Aidan´s unwillingness to that matter. It wasn´t that he would want to much of his time, just a bit of fun. But maybe he should have thought that Aidan wouldn´t really like it that way, he loved his freedom and independence.
With another sigh, Mark decided to help Aidan along with accepting it. “Aidan, you don´t have any problem with being bound to me or answering my calls. In fact, you will get a bit sad if I don´t call at least once a week. And don´t worry, you are not my pet, you are still my friend like before.”
Aidan´s protest stopped, as if some kind of switch was turned in his mind, accepting his bond with Mark. Becoming impatient instead, Aidan asked: “Can we go out now, Mark? Or are there even more things to do?”
Now Mark laughed at Aidan, satisfied by the changes. “One second, I think I will need a saddle for you first, and then remove the “Mark rules” comment, so I don´t accidentally change you another way, then we can go flying.” Looking around, Mark quickly decided what his saddle could be. “As you won´t need them anymore, your old clothes will become my new leather saddle, which will change size along with you but be the right size for me and never weight more than a kilo. It will also have everything to secure it on your back.”
Before both Mark´s and Aidan´s eyes a small storm sucked all clothes Aidan owned towards them. From underwear and socks, over shirts and pullovers down to his shoes, everything came flying from everywhere in the flat, merging into a big ball of leather. Then said leather ball reformed into a big saddle, complete with handles, stirrups and holding straps.
After the saddle had finished forming, Mark did as he said, removing the comment and saving that before joining his friend on their way out. He was quick to place the saddle on Aidan´s back and lash it firmly there before they moved out.
Outside, in the park across the street, Aidan quickly started to grow bigger, the saddle doing so alongside of him. Mark was on his back in no time, and off they got. Both enjoyed flying, that was for sure. And seeing how happy Aidan was now, Mark didn´t feel guilty for the small adjustments he had been forced to make.