A rage formed from within Dan. Who the hell were they to use him as fodder for Kat's apparent abilities? Dan felt anger beyond anything he'd ever felt. He'd always hated bullies. Whether they were the schoolyard or dictator variety. As Dan's rage grew, everything seemed to go in slow motion.
"What the fuck?"
Dan held his hands in front of his face to protect himself. In his mind, the effort was futile but he felt the need to do it anyway. It was for the better as he saw his hands glow bright white. Initially he thought this was the end, he was turning into an animal.
Everyone around him was at an almost standstill, their movements slowed down to what if this was a video a mere frame or two per second.
The white glow, which was just shy of being blinding, spread up from his hands and onto his body before exploding outward.
His cage melted, molten steel pooling arround his legs as he fell to the ground with a thud. To Dan's shock and surprise it didn't harm him. The white glow that his body seemed to have become changed shape. Dan would have screamed in terror but anger over his situation tempered any fear.
Dan's body reformed. He felt his skin become scales as a tail that was at least a meter in length grew from his spine while two wings sprouted from his back.
When all was said and done, the white energy around Dan cooled. He was no longer human but a bipedal green scaled dragon that towered over all of the guests in the room. The molten steel of the cage as though moving on its own streamed onto his body, reforming into golden armour that covered his chest and head.
Time resumed, leaving all of the guests shocked. While shocked by his sudden metamorphoses, Dan was too angry to question it.
"What's happening?" Kat asked. "This isn't possible! How dare you!"
Dan glared daggers at Kat.
"How dare I overcome your spell?" Dan asked. "You think you can just take control of my body and turn me into some degrading form for your own pleasure?"
"How dare *you*?" Kat asked. "I'm going to turn you into a fucking pig and send you to a bacon factory!"
The other guests nodded their heads.
As Kat waved her wand, her hands began to tremble. She dropped the wand and could only watch in horror as her hands became cloven hooves! Dan wanted to laugh but he knew that he had to be better then that. He wasn't sure how he knew that. Perhaps, he wondered, he'd gained new instincts. Dan discovered that he was also gaining new intelligence.
"Noooooooooo!" Kat cried. "Mom, Dad, help me!"
Dan growled. "Help her if you wish."
"Dan, please stop this. I'm sorry, we shouldn't have done this to you!" Dan's mother said. "Please, fix your sister's hands!"
"What makes you think I did that to her?" Dan asked.
Kat was staring at her hooves as tears welled in her eyes. Dan wanted to fry her or perhaps let her spend the rest of her life as a pig on a farm with no hope of rescue. He however, knew that allowing such a thing to happen would be little more then revenge on his part. No, he had to be better then that. However, he also knew that he couldn't allow Kat to get away if it meant she'd harm others. Dan knew he needed to find a medium that served justice without becoming revenge on his part.
Dan concentrated on Kat's hooves and watched as they became human hands
"I don't know how or why this happened to me but I think it's time for me to go," Dan said.
"You're not going anywhere young man!" Dan's mother said. "Now, you get back to being a boy so..."
Dan glared. "So you can turn me into a farm animal or a pet for your entertainment?"
"Hey, don't you dare talk to your mother like that!" Dan's father said.
"Pardon me," Dan said. "You people wanted to watch Kat turn me into an animal for your entertainment and you're telling *me* how to conduct myself?"
"It's not fair!" Kat declared, stamping her right foot. "How come he gets to be a dragon! Dan is not a dragon! He's a pig or a cow! And how come he's talking like that?"
Dan laughed. "Ironically, it seems your attempt to make me ignorant did the opposite."
"I'll fix that!" Kat said.
Kat pointed her wand at Dan. When she fired a burst of blue/white magical energy from it, Dan, acting on instinct, held out his right hand. All of the energy from the want streamed into the hand, turning into a brilliant blue glow. Dan glared at Kat, pointed his hand at her and released the energy.