Yes, it's all getting strange, but what is really going on?

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ADAM

As you know, I love mountain-bike riding. And today was no exception. I had taken my bike to the top of a large mountain, ready to ride down, feel the wind and possibly crash and badly injure myself. But there's morphing power. See, if I'm injured, whether it be as a human or in a morph, all I had to do is morph or demorph and hey presto, I'm completely healed…if I'm conscious enough to do so

Getting my bike ready, I jumped on, tapped the pedals, leaned the bike forward and went speeding down the hill. The wind blew through my hair, as I avoided large rocks, logs and small trees. Oh man I love doing this. It makes me feel free

A massive snake raised its head out of the ground. I braked hard and swerved to avoid it. It lashed out and struck my back wheel. Unfortunately, that made me flip. And another unfortunate thing was I was flying towards a tree

"This is gonna hurt"

Hurt it did. I landed in the tree, cutting my face, arms and legs. I felt a broken collar bone, but I climbed down, clutching the broken bone. The snake was coming towards me. I decided that I wasn't going to fight this creature

"Where are these things coming from?"

The best idea was to run, but I couldn't go far with my injury. I would have to run and morph at the same time. I turned and started to run, but the snake's tail whipped around and tripped me up

"Oof"

I rolled over and backed way from the snake. It opened its mouth, revealing its large fangs

"I'm doomed"

The head came down. I rolled to the side and got to my feet, even though it hurt me badly. The snake whipped around and sent me flying through the air

"OW!"

That killed, that really did kill. I was in so much pain. The snake came over, looking very hungry. I didn't have enough energy to move out of the way. I was going to die. My world was turning black. The snake's head came down, as I passed out

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I had no idea how long I was unconscious for. When I awoke, the snake was gone and the sun had nearly set. I sat up, groaning from the pain in my collar bone. My bike was in a heap, lying where it was when the snake struck me. I would collect the bike tomorrow. I climbed to my feet and began to morph. White feathers spread across my body, as I grew smaller and my arms formed to wings. A few days ago, I had acquired an owl morph. I felt the broken bone heal to form a bird's collar bone

Once I was completed, I took to the air, heading for home. I landed in the window that I had opened earlier, before beginning to demorph. My collar bone still hurt, but it wasn't broken any more

I headed to the phone, before ringing up my parents

"Hey Dad, is Leah there?"

"Leah, Adam's on the phone"

I heard Leah trying to get the phone from Dad, before she succeeded

"What?"

"I got attacked by a giant snake and suffered a broken bone"

"Okay, where are these things coming from? That's the second snake in three days"

"That's what I like to know. Something strange is happening and we need to find out what it is"

"Well, I'll join you for a search in the area it attacked you"

"Okay, eleven then"

"Cool. See you tomorrow"

We hung up at the same time. I was feeling hungry. I began preparations for dinner

While I was eating, I was thinking over the past week. A large, red creature and two giant snakes, people not reacting until we killed a snake and my injury. We definitely had to find out what was happening

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What is happening, we don't know…not yet anyway. We shall find out soon