3 years ago
The world is faded and gray; a world memory. of hands are slightly smaller. I am younger.
"A wolf."
I change on command, hearing my bones crunch and feeling my own skin stretch. Within thirty seconds, I am on all fours, a layer of fur covering my body.
" An owl."
I change again. The fur is pulled back into my skin and feathers pop out. I shrink until I am no longer large enough to bee seen easily in a bones become hollow. My large eyes see everything around me with rapid curiosity.
" A cat. Faster, this time, Alexandra. You are becoming slow."
I try to change as fast as I can. I swell to double my size. Feathers gone, fur coming in. I Make my bones solid-
I cry out, a mixture of a pained hoot of an owl and a yowl of a cat. I have done something wrong. A bone is poking out of one of my legs, and blood is spurting onto the concrete floor. someone starts to rush forward to help me.
"Stop!" He yells." Let her fix it on her own!"
I hesitantly make the bone shrink back into my skin. The skin plasters itself down, and it quickly heals. I quickly change back into a human. Blood is dried on my right leg. I do not move to grab my robe, however. I stand in the middle of the mirrored room, naked.
"That was sloppy, Alexandra. Very sloppy. And what do we do with slobs?"
I do not answer. A gaunt, pale hand flies toward my face, and I recoil upon the shock of the slap.
"Answer me, Alexandra. What do we do with slobs?" He hisses.
"We...We fix them." I whimper.
"That is right. Return to your room. We will try again tomorrow."
I put on my robe and I am escorted back to my 'room'. It is truthfully nothing more than a prison cell. The door is rusted steel bars, the floor is concrete, and I sleep on a thin cotton mat. I have a pillow I earned after my first transformation. A blanket isn't needed; I normally sleep as a cat, and my thick fur keeps me warm at night.
My guard pushes me through the doorway and shuts my cell.
"Filthy animal." He mutters beneath his breath. I lay on my cotton mat and sleep.