So Andrew then decided to put on the ring. At once, he was engulfed in bright flash of light which blinded him completely. Of course he shut his eyes and the magic did its work upon him. It was painless and instantaneous yet Andrew could feel something was happening to him. Something very, very strange.
When he finally felt he had regained his balance, Andrew saw that he now was in a forest and definitely not in an arcade anymore. And it felt very, very real. The vegetation under his feet and between his toes and fingers. The smells too, of a lush mature bursting with vitality. But... How could he feel his toes so spread and without his sneakers? Was he... Was he naked? Distraught, he looked at himself and he was indeed naked. Well, in a sense. He was covered in scales, making the concept of nudity rather moot. He saw a tail, wings and a long snout as he touched his face and squinted down his nose. Or rather what used to be his nose and mouth. A dragon! He was a dragon! This was real! He was an actual dragon!
"Enjoying your new appearance?" said the ring's voice of before, out of nowhere.
Andrew then noticed the ring was gone from his finger, now talon.
"Yes! This is... This is great!" stammered the former human.
"Glad you like it," said the voice smugly. "But now we part. Have fun with your new life and live it fully."
"What? You are not just in my head?"
"Indeed not. It was all a trick. You slipped on the ring, got transported in the Fay Realm and now are a young dragon ready to enter adulthood. As for myself, the spirit of the ring, I shall go back to the human world so as to convince other humans to slip me on and change them into dragons. You humans are so greedy for the promise of power and so malleable to transform... My creator was right about these facts and I never tire to see him so insightful about it."
"But... Why?... You can't leave me!" said in a panic Andrew.
"It will happen in a few moments," said the voice of the ring. "The fay realm can always use more dragons and creatures. Better than being a simple human, methinks. I trust in time you will quite enjoy being a dragon, a strapping young specimen as you."
Andrew called out for more help but it was no use. His cries went unanswered. He was now a dragon for good, to make his path in this new world of fantasy.