I let out a piercing shriek as I started into a dive, the wind whipping against me. As I was nearing the ground at almost 170 miles per hour, almost my fastest yet, I snapped out my wings and pulled up out of the dive, my human mind screaming "That was freaking awesome!" while my peregrine's was just normal about it. After all, this is what falcons do. Every adrenaline junkie would probably pay thousands to be able to experience this. No time to waste, Rachelle, I silently chastised myself and went back on my way.

I reached Washington D.C., watching my shadow pass over the pavement and people's heads. I landed on the top of the Washington Monument for a few minutes, resting, before I went to the east, looking for a secluded spot on the beach where I could shift into a water animal form. Something that's a top predator, and travels quickly, I thought as I shifted back to my human form. If I stayed in a form for a while, some features of the animal stayed with me for a bit. I could feel the peregrine feathers on the nape of my neck now, but they were slowly starting to disappear.

Soon I decided on a sailfish. It would make my travel fast, as long as I away from fishing boats. I walked out in the water until I could barely feel the ground, then started to shift smoothly. It still felt a bit strange, like a tingly feeling was passing over me. I felt the blue and silver scales ripple out across my arms, and the sail spread up from my back. The change was complete now. As I glided to the water, I spotted other sailfish. I hunted with the other sailfish for a bit, surprisingly successful for me. I'm still not as used to this shape. Sardines actually are pretty good raw, I though wryly. My human brain mentally gagged, so I pushed away the thought and only listened to the sailfish's mind.

A few hours later, I stopped at an archipelago in the middle of the ocean. I swam to the largest one, called Great Bermuda Island, according to the sign. Great. At least I know where I am now. Ishifted as I stepped out of the water, shimmering slightly until all the scales disappeared back into skin. Except for some that stayed at the top my neck, covered by my hair. At least they wouldn't show, they'll be gone in a while. I dried off quickly and ran my fingers through my black hair, which used to be glossy, straight and long. Now it was tangled, unevenly cut to my shoulder, my side bangs now long and tucked behind one ear. Smoothing down the spikes with some water, I looked at my clothes. They were a bit ragged and torn.

I walked to the nearest town, ignoring the pain in my foot when I stepped on a jagged rock. Until I noticed it was bleeding a lot. I sighed to myself. I saw a small clinic, and walked in, putting on my best grimace and limping. It was hard for me to do that much, I usually act impassive no matter how much pain. I'm used to it from being animals that can take a lot of pain. When a nurse saw me walk in, the girl that looked like she had been through hell and back, all dirty and in "pain", she rushed over to me putting her arm around me and asking me, "Oh my goodness, girl, what happened to you?" I could hardly be called a girl, being almost 15, but I just winced and replied, putting as much pain and exhaustion in my voice, "I... don't know... I don't really remember..."

She hurried me over to a room, saying, "Do you have any family here? Anyone you know?" as I sat down on the little bed. She cleaned my foot and wrapped it up while I lied, "I was with my friend's family... but I lost them when we were diving. I looked everywhere for them, but I just can't find them." She sighed and said, "Well, you can stay at the little inn down the road, I'll get you a room, and then we can find your friend." "Okay," I replied. Darn, now I was going to have to stay here for a night, and I'm still supposed to be there by tomorrow or early the day after. I smiled thankfully to the nurse and nodded, saying, "Thank you so so much. I don't know where I'd be now without your help." LIE. She just smiled kindly in return, and I could see the kindness in her eyes, and a pang of guilt hit me. I didn't want to have to lie to her. Oh well. What must be done must be done. It's not like I could tell her the truth anyways.

She took her break to walk me over to the inn, paying the money needed for it and handing me the key. "Tomorrow you can go find your friend. For now, rest." "Thanks again, ma'am!" I called as she left, and went up to my room. I was relieved when I saw it had a window, but first quickly took a shower and got the money I had carefully sewn into the hem of my pants in case of times like this. At least I hadn't lost that. I went to the shop, bought some clean clothes, just a plain small t-shirt that said: Swimming with the Dolphins and had a diver with a pod of dolphins, and some denim booty shorts. They were the best clothes I could find for shifting, so I paid for them and left.

When I was back in my room, I changed, threw away my old clothes, and opened the window. I shifted into a seagull, white and black feathers spreading across my arms, and flew out the window. I never really had much respect for seagulls before, when I used to live on a boat me and my dad called them air-rats because they would eat anything they find. Now I'm actually like them a bit. I let out a caw and continued flying east.

I was gliding on a nice draft and tried to remember why I'm so determined to get to this place. I still don't know completely, but after a strange dream, one name keeps repeating in my head. Cameron Morgan.

A/N: Sorry it might start out a bit boring, but this is my first fanfiction and the next chapter will be more exciting. Read and Review! :D

Special thanks to Bookworm 607 for her support!