#also after the fireproofing event - their parents decide to invite the witch to join them for holidays

[moeblob]

How fortunate to be a dragon shifter whose sibling has dragon autism 🐉🎉

YOU KNOW WHAT. I'm gonna answer this with a long ramble because I LOVE these lil siblings!

They're honestly peak siblings and I love them dearly! Like sure they have purple tongues and fangs but that's pretty much it in terms of "uniqueness". They're just. Humans. And one day the sister goes running off into the woods and gets lost and starts to cry. A witch who lives in the woods finds her and tries to comfort her - telling her that she'll make her strong enough to face ANY problem without fear! And of course, the little girl is like "okay? O:" and stops crying. Absolutely curious. And gets the ability to shapeshift into a flying, fire breathing dragon.

And she is THRILLED and doing loops in the air and giggling and says "my brother is going to be so jealous!" and the witch realizes wait. Wait, hold on. You aren't abandoned and alone? You... you have a family? And returns Shilva to her family and is like "I'm so sorry for jumping to conclusions. Your daughter may now shift into a dragon and to assist you in this... uh.... situation... I caused. I will grant you immunity to fire."

So Vikrahm (before his journey) will hear back from his sister after she goes for a fly and focuses so heavily on the different dragon types and dragon lore and becomes SO educated on lots of dragons and affinities and special traits before he even leaves home. He figures it's important to learn about them so he can best protect his sister.

But because Shilva is a very social dragon? Lots of dragons know her and how familiar Vik is to their dragon friend. And so he tries really hard to keep it a secret from his best friend (and later the dragon slayer they recruit to help) that he's friends with lots of dragons all around. He just. Really can't help fill awkward silences with dragon information though. So it's him, his best friend, and the dragon slayer sitting around a campfire and "did you know that (info dumps about dragons that can paralyze people)". Or his bestie being like sure would be cool to fly "Did you know that (talks about the top three dragon races by wingspan)".

The two he's traveling with are like. What the hell is wrong with him and where is he getting info and also I don't know enough about dragons to say he's wrong.

Also fun fact! Adlyn the mage best friend specializes in fire magic though dabbles in other types. Pops/Old Man the dragon slayer (name not announced) uses his sword - super effective to dragons. Vikrahm? Bow and arrow honed with the fact he would play long distance fetch with his sister if she had the dragon zoomies.

Vik is just. Such a funny guy because he will be dead serious (and not lying) when asked about his scars on his face and chest and shoulder "I was injured by the cutest dragon I've ever met". Because his sister tried to hug him when they were kids and injured him instead because claws. And he's incredibly biased into thinking his sister is the cutest dragon he's ever met. And since the guy is a walking dragon encyclopedia, Adlyn and Pops are skeptical on the story. Everyone else that he tells it to is like "haha fair enough we all have our secrets!" and he's being honest.

Basically Vikrahm only gets the dragon autism after his sister gets the ability to shapeshift due to a misunderstanding.