You hear the door open and look up for an instant to see your personal maid enter to help you with your morning ablutions, but before either of you can say anything, you suddenly double over with a splitting headache.
"Mira...get the...get the royal physician!" You gasp out as you grip your skull with both hands as it feels like it's bruised and shattered to pieces.
"Yes, your Highness!" You hear Mira respond in a panicky voice as she runs out into the hallway and shouts for the nearest guard to fetch the physician. She re-enters your room and approaches you in an attempt to help, but just then, a piercing pain runs through your head, and you collapse into darkness.
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You squint your eyes open, your head still throbbing slightly.
"What...happened?" You ask hoarsely, trying to focus on the faces surrounding your bed.
"It appears she's coming around quite nicely," you hear the royal physician say. "But I would defer to the court wizard in this matter, there's hardly any records regarding their physiology, apart from dissection."
Unable to make sense of what is being said, you reach up to rub your still throbbing forehead and freeze. Your hand comes across two rather prominent bumps, one on each temple. They're hard and stick out quite a ways, proving that they are not mere knots from banging your head.
"What happened to me??!!" You gasp as you sit up in horror.
"Just take it easy, your Highness," the court physician says as he places a hand on your shoulder to encourage you to lie back down, but you are too panicked to comply as your eyes wildly search the room for answers.
"It appears your Highness' bloodline has undergone an awakening. Your Highness is the recipient of the dragon's blessing," you hear a voice say, and turn to see the court wizard, the most experienced mage in the land.
"What do you mean bloodline? And...dragon??" you still have no clue what is going on . "What happened to my head?"
"Ah, that seems to be your Highness' horns coming in," the court wizard replies matter-of-factly.
You are about to pass out from hyperventilating, when someone grabs your hand.
"Oh, sweetheart, what an honor! You will ensure the prosperity and safety of the kingdom for ages to come!" your mother the queen says tearfully with a smile on her face. You only saw her looking at you that happily when the prince of the neighboring kingdom asked you to dance. You, on the other hand, still wear a look of horror.
"Bloodline...wait, what about brother? Is this happening to him as well?" you ask, looking back and forth between your mother and father, who exchange an awkward look.
"Ahem, no your Highness, you are the only one to receive the dragon's blessing...the first in nearly a millennium to do so," the court wizard answers you instead.
"But then, why...wait, what does this 'dragon's blessing' mean exactly?" you ask, trying to put your thoughts in order.
"Why, your Highness, it means you will become a dragon, of course," the court wizard replies.