Emily woke up and looked around. She was in a room that she didn't recognize. She sat up and instantly felt pain.
"Where am I?"
She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked over.
"Dad?"
Her dad smiled and hugged her.
"We were so worried about you sweetheart." He said, "Never scare us like that again."
"What happened?" Emily asked.
"What do you remember?"
"I remember being forced to open the chest with the Oracle Bone, then I blacked out."
"Well, the Oracle Bone was stolen, but the only people that died were terrorists." He said, "You're in a Healer Center, it's heavily guarded and only select people are allowed."
"Where's mom? She not-"
"She's not dead, she's just at home with several guards, making sure that no one tries something. You just rest and I'll go let her know."
Emily laid back down and let her mind wander. She felt guilty, if it wasn't for her, they wouldn't have the Oracle Bone. She knew this guilt would be around for a while. In another part of the Isles, Viney was grooming Puddles.
"Puddles, how do I ask her out? She's way out of my league!"
Her griffin just made a cooing noise while nuzzling against her.
"You're right! I should just be straight forward!" Viney said, "I just need to go up to her and ask her out!"
Puddles bit a part of Viney's hair and started pulling.
"Puddles! Bad girl! Stop!"
Puddles pulled Viney to the ground and laid on top of her.
"You are a very irritating griffin."
Puddles started licking her and Viney grumbled.
"You're lucky I love you."
In the Clawthorne Manor, Emira was getting her hair brushed while she let her mind wander.
"Why do you have so much hair!?" Erica said, "I've lost, like, three brushes in it!"
"Erica." Emira laid on her back, "I'm having a gay moment."
"Oh no, not a gay moment!" Erica said, with fake shock in her voice, "You haven't had one of those in a decade!"
"I know." Emira said, putting her hands over her face.
"Last time this happened was when you realized you were gay. Wasn't it because of a Disney movie?"
"Tangled, to be specific. Which is also the reason I keep my hair long!" Emira said, "Anyway, I'm having a gay moment whenever I think about that Healer girl."
"You mean Viney?" Erica asked.
"Yeah, her. Mrs. Clawthorne gave me a few tips, but I can't even focus when I start thinking about her. I don't know what to do!"
"Okay, well, this may be hard for you to do, but, maybe you should... pick the straight path?"
Emira glared at her.
"What's that supposed to mean and what straight path?"
Erica decided to pick her words carefully, totally not because Emira literally growled at her.
"Well, I mean... your gay." Before Emira could kill her, she continued, "As for the straight path, I mean you should just do the easiest option. Just ask her out."
"It's not that easy!"
"Yes, it is!" Erica said, "Just try it."
Erica left and Emira screamed into the pillow. At the Healer Center, Emily was staring at the plain ceiling.
"Hey, we figured you'd be bored."
Emily looked at the door and saw Heather, eating a bag of Blood Berries, and Tracey, still in her Demon Form. Heather walked up to the bed and Tracey slithered up to it. Heather smacked a wing out of her face and hissed at Tracey.
"Tracey, can you put your wings away?!"
Tracey rolled her eye... they think, they're just solid red, there's no indication. Tracey crossed her arms and retracted her wings.
"I don't complain when you bring us on one of your hunting trips." Tracey said.
"Don't start with that, you both drink blood too." Heather looked at Tracey's tail, "And that giant bump in your tail indicates that you eat a lot more than blood."
Tracey coiled her tail and sat on in, hiding the bump in it.
"I got home from school before my mom did. When she got home, she brought me diner." Tracey said, "Not my fault my lower body is a python."
Emily rolled her eyes. This isn't the first time they've had an argument like this. Tracey being a snake demon means her entire lower body, legs and all, is replaced by a snake tail. This also changes her digestive track, anything that a normal witch eats, gets digested like normal. Anything she swallows whole, like an animal or something, goes to her tail where it can take several days to get broken down. When she does eat something whole, she uses her demon form and... Emily's seen it, she dislocated her jaw and swallows it head first, makes a weird choking sound. It's... pretty weird. She doesn't need to eat anything for a while and can't change into her mortal form when it happens.
"Hey, can you two stop arguing and give me some damn berries?"
In another part of the Isles, the leader put the Oracle Bone on a table, he pulled out Rune of the Dead and placed it down. He placed the Oracle Bone inside the grove of the Rune. The symbols started glowing and he smiled.
"Only one more to go." He said, "You can't keep the Healer's Gem hidden forever."
So, Tracey's Demon Form is based off of a Lamia, except her upper body still looks reptilian, she has wings, massive claws, Ram Horns, white hair, massive fangs, and a forked tongue. She also has a venomous bite that she inherited from her mom, but that doesn't involve physical appearance. Follow, Favorite, and Review for more.