"Ugh, nothing!" I yelled to nobody in frustration.

I was our personal library, and I was trying to find a book that hopefully mentioned the beast that I kept on turning into. It was my third day searching. I was sitting at one of the desks, with one book right in front of me and piled of books around me. I heard Jesse mentioned something like "Aether" once while talking about the True End, so maybe that had to with it? I found books about the lore and anatomy of Endermen, but nothing even close to what I was looking for.

I had also changed once again within the last day… in the bathroom. Nobody came to use it while I was in there, and I had to wait it out. I tried my best to keep quiet while I changed. If I didn't, well… I guess I could say it was an upset stomach? I've also noticed that the changes were lasting longer every time.

Sighing, I got up. Within five minutes, I had all of the books I has taken out put back in the shelves, most likely ow they were organized. Heck, out library was never organized. I walked out of the library, sighing. I made my way to the treasure room and to the entrance to the temple, and I was just about to open the door when I heard a voice.

"Where are you heading?"

I turned to see Petra leaning against one of the pillars.

"The library." I said. It was true, I was going to try to get there to look through even more books. I turned again to open the door.

"Lukas, I'd like to have a talk with you."

I heard her walk up to me, and I turned again. She had a look of concern in her brown eyes, and she crossed her arms.

"Lukas, what's wrong with you?"

"What are you talking about?" I asked nervously.

"You`ve been acting strange this past week. You always look like you're on edge, and you've disappeared twice. And I know that it wasn`t a fight that made you come home late. Is this about the temple?"

I bit my lip. If I kept on acting that suspicious, people were going to find out what was going on in no time. Coming up with something most likely not very convincing, I said,

"It`s… uhh… stomach problems. I… didn't want to tell everyone, cause, heh, you know, it's personal."

I looked away. I prayed to Notch she would leave me alone.

When I looked at her again, I saw she didn't believe me, but she said, "Okay, whatever. Just… stop disappearing for hours on end."

With that, she walked away.

I couldn't help but sigh with relief. I Petra was still suspicious and was probably telling the others, but at least nobody would bother me so I could do what I needed to do. Turning once more time, I opened the door and walked outside.

It was still late morning I guessed, by the position of the sun. It was a relatively warm day, with no wind. A lot of people were out and about, but thankfully nobody approached me. Swerving to avoid people, I slowly made my way to the town library. That library was a lot bigger than our own, so I was sure there had to be at least one book that talked about my problem. I hoped.

It look me at least half an hour to get there, and when I did, I took a deep breath and opened the door. The librarian was looking down at a book at her desk, and paid me no attention. There were a few people at the reading desks, but everything was quiet. I started my search.

I went through a few books that talked about mythical beasts. It had nothing even closely related to the beast I was turning into. I looked through several Enderman books, since the monster seemed to like killing Enderman and looked kinda like them, but I still found nothing. I looked through another book. And another. And another. The piled of books started to pile up on the desk I was sitting at. Still, I found nothing. I was beginning to grow a little impatient. Still, I found nothing talking about my problem. I was beginning to think this was hopeless. Hours passed, and still nothing. Soon enough, my desk was completely covered in books. Sighing, I started to put them all back.

When I was putting away one of the last books, one caught me eye. I pulled the book out to observe it. It was an incredibly worn book, and it was really thick. It was lined with a faded gold color, and it looked like it had been collecting dust on the shelf for ages. Wiping the dust off of the front over, I saw that the title read, "Demigods and the history of the End".

Praying to Notch that this was the book I needed, I brought it over to my desk, sat down, and opened the book. There was a lengthy backstory of the End that I only skimmed over, and it mentioned Notch, Herobrine and even Einde, Jesse`s father, but nothing of what I was turning into. Only when I was farther into the book things started to get relevant. I found some illustrations of a winged Enderman, just like the ones that were in the True End, and even the prophecy. It even talked about Ender Demigods and signs that somebody was one.

I turned the page, and I gasped out loud. I found just what I was looking for. There were illustrations looking exactly like the monster, and a header at the top read, "Aetherman".

The text read that nobody knew for sure if the creatures existed, but old tales told that they were part of a great war that imprisoned Einde and the Winged Endermen to the True End. I've also read that an Aether Demigod always had blonde hair and blue eyes… just like me. That most likely meant I was a Demigod. Only did I read further did I understand dreadful my problem really was.

"Myths say that in old times, there was a temple that was created by the Aethermen where humans worshipped them. The relic they used was a flight feather from the very first Aetherman, named Cielo. A few years before the Aetherman were imprisoned in a different world called the Aether, Cielo grew bored with all the worship. He decided to create a small prophecy, where if a Demigod, a son of Cielo, were to make contact with the feather, it would trigger their second form, the form of an Aetherman. They would shift to that form and back, over time adjusting to the new body and instincts, before becoming trapped in the form and their mindset reducing to that of a wild animal`s."

I felt my heartbeat speed up. I was that Demigod who touched the feather. I was the one slowly becoming nothing more than a monster. And eventually, I was going to stay an Aetherman forever, and lose all rationality.

Trying to look as calm as possible, I checked out the book from the library, and stashed it into my inventory. When I was outside the building, I started to run. I swerved to avoid people, and didn`t answer to anyone`s exclaims or questions. When I got back to the temple, I swung open the doors and quickly closed them behind me, not caring that it slammed and made a loud noise.

"Hey, Lukas, what`s wrong-"

I whizzed right past Olivia. I couldn't talk to anyone right now. I raced upstairs, making my way to my room, and I locked myself in. Breathing heavily, I let myself sink to a sitting position against the door. This couldn't be happening. I didn't want to become a monster.