Chapter 7: Chapter 5: Changes

Lucas rolled over in bed, trying to get into a more comfortable position. Something was poking him, and it really wasn’t comfortable. But no matter which way he turned, there was always something that was just making things frustrating. So, in the end, he chose to sit up, yawning hugely as he rubbed his eyes.

“How long was I out?” He asked. His voice sounded a little different, but he wrote it off as just being some sort of morning voice.

“Lucas?!” Judy exclaimed, pausing the TV. “Are you OK?!”

“Yeah. Actually, I feel great, better than I have in years. But, seriously, how long was I asleep?”

“Three hours. But, um…” Judy floundered, not looking Lucas in the eyes. “I…um, I really don’t know how to tell you this. You should…probably go look in the mirror. Be careful on your way in, though.”

Lucas frowned. “I’m…OK, right?”

“You’re fine. You’re more than fine.” Vithi said. “Just…different.”

Lucas made his way to the bathroom, instinctively tucking his wings in so as not to hit them on the door as he made his way through.

His reflection…was not his own. Instead there was a girl who looked a lot like him. She had black hair that reached down to her lower back, bright blue eyes, and he could see bits of his mother in her face. But that was a side note, the real eye-catching things were the wings and tail; she had a set of angel’s wings and a devil’s spade-tipped tail. Hesitantly, he reached back and touched the tail, only to feel both his hand and the smooth surface of the tail. The girl in the mirror, of course, mirrored his movement.

She gingerly left the bathroom, walking back to the bad she had woken up on and sitting down. “This is…really bad.” She said. “How am I going to hide this?!”

She nearly jumped off the bed as a window appeared in the air in front of her.

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