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ONE
Puck's Gift
Elisa sighed as she leaned against her apartment wall. Something was wrong. As soon as the sun set, she felt like her body was on fire.
Burning. That's what it felt like. Someone was burning her alive, but there were no flames.
"What's happening to me?" she groaned as she looked at her hand. She didn't notice feeling leaving one finger as it slowly shrank away from her hand until it didn't exist. She then felt the same burning sensations on both her back and the tail of her spine.
After several minutes of pain, Elisa slowly got to her feet and looked herself over.
"Oh, no," she said when she saw her hands, feet, wings and tail. "What happened to me?"
"You have been given a gift."
The detective turned to face the person standing in her doorway.
"Owen Burnett?"
"I go by many names. But you would know me as Puck."
Elisa gasped as she stepped back.
"Don't be alarmed," Owen said. "I'm not here to cause you any harm. I'm just here to explain things."
"Okay," Elisa growled, her eyes glowing. "What did you do to me?"
"I gave you a gift. I thought you would enjoy being a little closer to your friends."
Elisa looked down at her hand, the glow in her eyes fading.
"Puck, why would you give me this? It wouldn't be to keep me away from your boss, would it?"
Owen shook his head.
"No, detective, it's not. I've had my eyes on you since you became friends with Goliath. I will admit that I didn't know what to think of you, but that night last month you proved to be an asset to his clan. So I gave you this gift. You will turn into a gargoyle at night from now on."
"But what about my job?"
"I'm afraid I hadn't thought of that. And as I am now in my human form and bound to it, I cannot reverse my spell."
Elisa fell into her chair and covered her eyes.
"Puck," she said as she looked between her talons at the blond. "How am I to pay my rent? Or even buy food? I can't walk outside without people screaming now."
Owen looked down at the floor for a moment.
"I might know of someone that can help. But it won't be easy."
"Who?"
"I won't say in case they refuse. I must be going."
Elisa nodded before looking at her phone.
"And I've got some calls to make," she said as she slowly got to her feet. "But before you go, at least tell me this. Did you do this to set me up with Goliath?"
Owen shook his head with a small smile.
"Not him at all, Detective Maza."
He then opened the door before stepping out.
Elisa watched the changeling go before walking over to her phone to call her boss.
"This is so going to come back to bite me in the ass."
Elisa looked around her apartment for something that she could make work with her new wings and tail. She didn't happen to have any way to make her clothes fit over her wings and she didn't even know how to make them flatten onto her shoulders like the others could.
"How am I going to make this work?"
As she continued to look through her closet, she heard a knock at her front door.
"Oh, no!" she said as she rushed from the bedroom to the living room and looked through the peep hole in her front door.
"Detective Maza?"
It was Owen Burnett.
Elisa stood behind the door when she opened it and let the man in.
"That was fast," she said as she closed the door.
"I have found you someone that will help you."
"And who would that be?"
Owen pointed at her window as it opened. In came a very familiar female.
"You!" Demona growled before glaring at the blonde. "You told me it was a gargoyle in trouble! This is no gargoyle!"
Elisa growled, her eyes glowing.
"I am a gargoyle now! Besides, I didn't have a say in the matter!"
"Like I would believe a human!" Demona growled. "Did you ask Puck to do this to you?"
Elisa growled again.
"Look at me and tell me how my clothes are!" Elisa yelled. "If I had known, would my clothes be hanging off me in shreds?! Puck said he gave me this as a gift! And thanks to him, I had to just up and quit my job this very evening!" Tears started to slide from her eyes. "Do you know how hard that was?! To give up the job I loved?! To give up the only job I've ever felt satisfied doing?! Well, get this Demona! I'm now jobless and will have to figure out how to live as both a human and a gargoyle! So cut me some fucking slack!"
Demona flinched slightly.
"Now get out! I have to figure out what to wear when I change every night now!"
"I-"
"I said get the hell out of my home!" Elisa screamed.
Demona was out the window in a matter of seconds.
"Very well done," Owen said.
"Don't even start with me, Puck. You're the one that wanted to give me this gift. Now you had better leave as well. I have to find some clothes to wear so I can greet Goliath and the clan when they arrive."
"As it would so happen, I brought you some clothes."
Elisa looked toward the blonde holding out the bag.
"I created these after giving you your gift. They will never rip and will move to accommodate your wings and tail."
Elisa took the bag and pulled out what appeared to be set of jeans and a black tee-shirt.
"These..."
"The same."
Elisa looked them over before looking at the man.
"Alright. You can leave now."
Owen bowed before turning to the door.
"Have a good night, Detective."
"Yeah, right," Elisa scoffed.
As soon as the door was closed, she made her way to her bedroom.
Elisa was sitting in a chair when a knock on her window made her glance up from her book.
"Come on in, guys," she called. She then stood up, her wings wrapped around her shoulders.
"Elisa? We were worr-" Goliath stopped talking when he caught sight of Elisa standing next to her chair, her tail lazily moving from side to side and her wings resting on her shoulders.
"What happened to you?" Goliath asked as he and the rest of the clan, minus Hudson and Bronx, stepped into her living room.
"I think that would be obvious. I'm now a gargoyle," Elisa said as she set her book down.
"But... how?"
"Puck. He said it was a gift."
"A gift?" Goliath asked.
Elisa nodded before looking at her wings. She then flared them open before stretching them out to their full wingspan.
"I'm going gliding. I need to get use to my wings."
"We'll go with you," Goliath said, a smile gracing his face.
Elisa nodded.
"But don't glide too close. I need to get the hang of it on my own."
Goliath and the rest of the clan nodded before Elisa stepped over the window and climbing up onto the ledge.
With a deep breath, Elisa dove off.
Elisa took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. She was about to do something that could be disastrous. She was about to make a call.
"New York Police Department, Precinct 23."
"Hey Larry."
"Elisa? Where are you?"
Elisa took a deep breath.
"I'm at home. Could you connect me to the chief?"
"On it."
It didn't take long before her boss came on the line.
"What's the problem now, Elisa?"
"I need you to open your office window and leave it that way. You're about to find out why I had to quit."
Elisa didn't give her boss time to respond. She hung up and put her phone in her back pocket, along with her wallet.
"Time to bite the bullet. I just hope it's not literal."
With quick strides, she walked to her window and opened it.
"At least I can glide," she said as she stood on her window's ledge. She then closed it before diving off.
"Here I go," Elisa said as she spoted the open window of her boss's office. She then increased her speed slightly, noticing that her boss was standing in her window. "You might want to move!" Elisa yelled as she got close.
"What the hell?!" Maria yelled as she pulled her gun.
"Maria, wait!"
Maria froze.
Elisa landed on the edge of the window and pulled her wings in close. She then climbed in the window and leaned against the wall.
"E-Elisa?"
Elisa nodded as she held out her badge.
"What... what happened to you?"
"Before I tell you, I want your word that you won't do anything. Call a lab or anything else."
"Why?"
"Promise me!" Elisa demanded.
"A-Alright!"
Elisa walked over to the door before opening it and checking the other desks. It was close to dawn so she didn't have much time before she had to leave on foot.
"Now you may find this hard to believe, but right now... I'm not human. I'm a gargoyle. What you might also find hard to believe is that this isn't something that was done in a lab. It was done... by magic."
Maria looked stunned before bursting out laughing.
"And I suppose you're going to tell me that you turn human when the sun comes up!"
"Not tell you. Show you."
Elisa looked out over the city as the sky started getting brighter.
"I'm going to prove it," Elisa said as she turned her back on the rising sun. As soon as the rays of light hit her, she cried out in pain as her wings and tail slowly shrank back into her body. After a couple more moments, Elisa stood tall and wiped her brow.
"And now..." Elisa slowly walked over to a chair before falling down int it, "you know. You know I'm a human by day and a gargoyle by night." Elisa then leaned back in her chair and looked at the stunned woman. "What are you going to do now?"
"Call a doctor! See if they can't cure you!"
Elisa held up her hand.
"No doctor will be able to cure this. As I said, it was done by magic and can only be undone by magic. Besides that... I kinda... like it."
"You like... turning into that... that..."
"That what, Maria? Monster? Creature? I've heard them all from my friends. So what I'm a gargoyle at night. I don't care anymore."
"You don't care?" Maria repeated. "You don't care that you gave up a great career?"
"I didn't choose to become a gargoyle, it was given to me as a gift. A gift I've come to terms with seeing as it cannot be undone."
"There must be a way!" Maria exclaimed as she held out her arms. "I mean, why would you want to turn into that... thing?!"
Elisa slowly got to her feet before walking over her boss.
"I thought I could trust you, Maria. I guess I was wrong," she said before walking to the door.
"Elisa, stay where you are! We're going to the hospital!"
Elisa shook her head.
"No, Maria. I'm keeping this gift. I've thought about it as I've sat in my apartment and found that I've always longed for something like this to happen. Now that it has, I'm not giving it up."
Elisa turned back to the door when she heard a gun being charged behind her.
"Really, Maria? A gun?"
"It's for your own good, Elisa."
"Go ahead and shoot. I'm sure the wound will be gone by the time the sun sets."
Maria's hands were shacking as she trained the gun on her former officer. But after a moment, she dropped her gun and bowed her head, tears streaming down her face.
"Go home, Elisa," Maria whispered.
"Was heading there. I'll see you later, Maria. Goodbye."
With that, Elisa walked out the door and was soon catching a cab back to her apartment building.
Elisa is a gargoyle now, much to Demona's disgust. How will Elisa deal with her new gift? And how will she deal with Demona? You'll just have to wait and see. Til then,
Talon Earthstone
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