A sign of things to come…
"Shadow honey. Wake up, you're going to school" Kiera said rapping on Shadow's bedroom door.
Excitedly jumping out of bed, Shadow picked up his holster for his hunting knife, and put the straps over his shoulders and fastened the belt around his waist. Grabbing his knife, he slid it into the sheath and fastened the knife to the holster. He then put on his desert camo pants, with his black O'Neil T-shirt. Rummaging through a pile of comic books and clothes, he came across his Magnum patrol boots. Quickly putting them on, he ran out of his room and into the kitchen. Whilst raiding the ice box, he came across some of the mammolith that he had slain the day before. So he went to the bread bin, and took out 2 pieces of bread from the bag. He then cut off some of the meat, and placed it onto a piece of the bread, covering it with the other piece that he had taken from the bread bag. Putting his sandwich into his lunch box, he went to the cupboard and took a chocolate candy bar and a packet of ready salted potato chips, and went to the ice box again and took a bottle of root beer, and put those into his lunch box too.
By the time he had finished in the kitchen, Kiera was in the living room waiting to take him to his class. By the time Kiera and Shadow left their dwelling, the sun was coming up and they could feel the heat of the sun, even this early in the morning. As they walked across the desert like scenery Kiera was explaining to Shadow about things he could say and do, and things that he shouldn't say and do. "Ok Shadow, you have to remember that you are going to be with normal children now, so you have to use you first name. Do you still remember it?"
"It's Jay right. Yes I'm sure I can remember that." He said as he looked at her.
"If they ask about your father, just say that you have never met him. Remember he is not of the same species as us, well people on this planet. Oh yes and do try and get along with the kids in your classes ok. And remember to do as your teachers ask of you" Kiera said as they walked into Dakota village.
When Kiera and Shadow arrived at the school, there was a male teacher directing children to different areas in the building, probably to their classes. The teacher was tall, about 6 feet, with a medium build. He had brown hair in a military fashioned short back and sides, blue eyes and a squared chin. He wore a pair of black pants with perfect creases down both legs of his pants, a white shirt neatly pressed and his 'I Love Teaching' tie perfect length, to his belly button. In his arms he had his red clip board and pen, and around his neck his whistle to get the students attention.
As Kiera and Shadow approached the man, they could see that he had a name badge on the left side of his shirt; his name was 'Mr B Calhoun'. "What is your name son?" Mr Calhoun said as he peered over his clip board.
"Jay Shadow Rico sir" he said with confidence.
"Rico…Rico. Ah yes, room 38b. Your teacher is Mr G Freeman." Mr Calhoun said as he directed the pair into the school entrance and down the left corridor.
"Thank you" Kiera said as she walked past him.
"Ok remember Shadow. Speak English here"
"I know, I know" he said nodding his head sarcastically.
As they approached the room, Kiera gave Shadow a kiss on the forehead, and pointed to the door. "Go on then knock on the door. Have a nice day honey. Come straight back home when you finish ok"
He just nodded and turned to face the door. Just as he knocked on the door, it swung open making Shadow jump back a pace or two. "Come on in. I am Mr Freeman, and you are?" Mr Freeman said in an excited tone.
"I…I'm Jay sir. Jay Shadow Rico" he said slightly nervous.
"Go and take a seat at the back there Jay" Pointing over to the far right corner.
As he walked to the back of the classroom, he noticed that the other people in the room were looking at him as he past them. When he sat at his desk, he put his lunch box on the floor at the side of his desk. As he did that the teach Mr Freeman spoke up from the front of the class "Ok welcome to Dakota middle school. I am Mr Gordon Freeman. Let's start by getting to know each other shall we. You in the brown shirt to my left. What's your name, and what are your hobbies or interests?"
"Err my name is Glenn Regency, and my interests are comic books, football, and riding bikes" Glenn said in a calm yet uncaring way.
Glenn was a reasonably tall kid, quite sporty and dressed as though he didn't really care for what he looked like.
"Ok little miss in the pink top. Name, hobbies and interests" Mr Freeman asked insistently.
"My name is Sam Newton. My hobbies and interests are reading, gymnastics, and swimming. I also like to play with my friends" she said in a cute quiet voice.
Sam was the class cutie. She loved to keep fit and active, but she had the smartness about her, not just physically but mentally too, reading books that not many people in her grade could.
"Young sir in the shirt and tie" Mr Freeman said in a posh way.
"Hello class. My name is Geoffrey Carter. My hobbies and interests are electronics, chemistry and physics" he said in a very upper class tone.
Geoffrey was a child that would go on and become the manager of a very powerful company. He was dressed very smartly with his pressed pants and shirt and his tie. This kid was defiantly the brains of the class.
"The fellow behind Geoffrey" pointing behind Geoffrey.
"Hey I'm Jack Cobham. I like a lot of things, anything sweet is my preference, reading comics, and playing games on my computer" he said holding a candy bar.
Jack was a short, plump kid. He loved his food, and sitting on his but doing absolutely nothing. His clothes reflected this too, the tomato ketchup stains on the side of his pants and the cookies crumbs by his feet.
"The soldier at the back" saluting at Shadow.
"My name is Jay Shadow Rico, but people call me Shadow because of my ability to blend in with my surroundings. My hobbies and interests are Comics, all forms of fitness, Hunting and unarmed combat" he said in a powerful tone.
Shadow was slightly bigger than everyone in the class, with a far greater fitness level.
"Hunting? Where and what do you hunt, and with who? If I may ask" Mr Freeman asked.
"I hunt near the valleys, and by the canyons and caves. I hunt anything that I see, and I do it by myself sir" he said with confidence.
"What? You do it by yourself. Do you not go with your father? What's the biggest animal you have killed so far and what guns do you use?" he asked insistently.
"I…I don't know my father, I have never met him. My biggest kill so far was a mammolith that I killed yesterday. As for guns, I have never used one, I use a knife" as he finished his sentence, he reached under his shirt and unclipped his hunting knife from its holster. Spinning the knife around in his hand he held it in the air, showing the class what he uses to hunt with.
"Mr Rico, I am afraid that you are not aloud to have knives in the school, give it to me and your parents or guardians can collect it from me later" he said in a raised tone, walking towards Shadow.
"No sir. I can't give you my knife, for reasons I am not willing to share" he replied.
Mr Freeman walked up to him with his hand out and an angered expression on his face. His ginger hair further enhancing his facial expressions. "GIVE ME THE KNIFE NOW!" he said raising his voice further.
"I can't do that sir" he said raising his own voice to put his point across.
"Get out of my class. Go get out, ill come and see you in a minute" He said pointing to the door.
Calmly Shadow rose from his seat. As he started for the door, the two boys that were sitting next to him started laughing at him. Fancily spinning his knife in his hand, he lifted his shirt and placed it back into its holster. As he stepped out into the corridor, he walked over to the other side of the corridor and sat on one of the chairs.
About 20 minutes past, and Mr Freeman stepped into the corridor. Walking up to Shadow Mr Freeman said "Are you going to give me the knife? If so you can come back into the class"
Shadow Raised his head "As I said before, I can't do that"
"And why can't you give me the knife?"
"It's sacramental"
"In what way?"
"It is the only thing I have, that my father had. And it is my way of protecting myself from animals on my way to and from this village"
"How about you give me the knife, and I will give it back to you at the end of the day before you go home"
"How about I promise not to pull it out in class again. I don't plan on using it on anyone. There is not a single person in this school, that I can call a threat"
"I can't do that Jay. If another teacher was to see you with it, they would kick you out of the school, and I would get fired. You're lucky that I haven't called your parents to come and get you."
"And for that I am grateful, but I can't give you my knife. The furthest it has been from my hand since I was 3 was 2 meters, and that was when I dropped it in a training battle situation"
"Ok. If you promise not to ever get it out in class, and if I ever see you threaten anybody with it, I will take the appropriate actions to have you arrested. Am I clear?"
"Yes sir. I promise not to take it from the holster again"
With the situation solved, Mr Freeman and Shadow stepped back into the classroom. Mr Freeman walked back to his seat at the front of the class, and Shadow walked back to his seat at the back of the class. As he was about to sit down, the boy next to him kicked his seat out from under him, and Shadow fell to the floor. As he hit the floor, he grabbed a leg of his attacker's chair, and threw his chair out from under the boy. He too fell to the floor. "Sir he kicked my seat out from under me" Max said in an upset voice.
"Don't lie Max I saw you kick Jay's seat out from under him first. You got what you deserved" Josh said from the centre right of the room.
Shadow got his chair from against the wall and sat at his desk. Max picked himself up and threw a tantrum because he didn't get his own way, grabbing his chair he sat back at his desk plotting ways to get Shadow back.
At the end of the day, the bell went, alerting the students and teachers, that is was time for them to go home. Shadow picked up his paper and his pens and put them in his desk, then grabbed his lunch box and left the class. He was about halfway down the corridor when Josh ran up to him and introduced himself "Hey I'm Josh, I didn't really get a chance to talk to you in class. If you want you can come back to mine and play some video games and hang out. You know if you want that is"
"Sounds awesome, but I got some things to sort out at home tonight. Thanks for the offer though, maybe tomorrow" he said slightly excited about gaining his first friend.
"Yea sure. Hey which way you going?" Josh asked
"You see the house that's over by the mountain. Well that's where I live" Shadow said pointing in the direction of his home.
As Josh and Shadow were in the main hallway near the entrance, max ran up behind them and pushed Shadow to the side and ran out of the door. Josh went to run after him and ask him what his problem was, but Shadow grabbed his arm "Don't worry about it. He will aggravate me to the point one day, and ill just throw him out of the window"
Both of the boys laughed as they left the building. Josh saw his mom in a black 4x4 truck and ran over and jumped into the back of it. Waving at Shadow, Shadow just waved back and started to jog towards his house. As he got to the outskirts of the village, he saw max run into his house. Not really paying attention, he sped up his jog to a fast run. When he arrived at his house, he was greeted by Kiera "We have some good news Shadow. The clan is coming to get us. They will be here in about a week or so"
"That's awesome news. So are we all going are just father?" he asked
"All of us. It will be a bit different for me and you but we can adapt. We basically live in the Yautja society, your father makes sure of it" She laughed.
"So what am I going to do about school? Just quite or shall I carry on and finish when we leave" he asked
"Oh I totally forgot that you went to school today, how was it" she asked all excited.
"It wasn't too bad, I made a friend. I also made an enemy, max his name is. If he annoys me anymore I am going to throw him out of the window" he said with a smile on his face.
"Just ignore him, and he might start on someone else. And yes just carry on with school until we leave, there is no harm in continuing. Your father is in the kitchen preparing dinner, you have to do some 'Special' training tonight too, but I am not sure what he has got in mind, you will have to ask him" She informed.
As Shadow walked past the basement door on his way to the kitchen, he heard so Yautja speech coming from the basement. Paying no attention to it, he continued on his path to the kitchen. As he approached the kitchen, he heard a bone crunching blow from the meat cleaver his father was wielding. As he lifted the cleaver to make another blow, Shadow saw the visible blue blood being flung from the blade. As the blade hit the raw meat, the sound this time was more hollowed than bone crunching. He saw that Dachande was putting at the meat, and moving a medium sized chunk, to a pile on his right. He then threw the cleaver into the sink, and began to rap up the mutilated meaty carcase. Dachande put the remains of the meat into the ice box. Turning around he saw Shadow leaning against the door frame of the kitchen "Shadow have you heard the news. We shall be going back to home world"
"Sounds good father, but do you think I have got what it takes to become a hunter on home world" he asked.
"All you have to do is believe in yourself and use your training, and you will make it my pup" Dachande said as he ruffled Shadow's hair.
"So what training do I have tonight father. Mom was saying you have some special training planned for me" he asked as he ruffled his hair back to how he had it before.
"You will have to wait and see. I also have something for you, but you have to wait until later to have it" he said in a kind of taunting way.
"Ok father" as he said that, he lower his head, turned around and left the kitchen.
Shadow went to his room, and put his lunch box onto his desk. As he left his room, he closed the door and walked to the front door. When he got there he was confronted by his mom "Don't go to far this time if you are going for a run ok"
"Ok mom I won't" he replied.
He exited the house and quickly stretched his legs, then started to jog towards the canyons. His jog soon turned into a fast run, then to a sprint. This time something felt different. His body seemed to tingle a bit, as though he could go faster. When he put his mind to work to make his legs go faster, he was surprised when he did in fact double his original speed. In this ultimate sprint he found that he was more relaxed, more comfortable, and far more focused than normal. He felt the need to test this new speed on an incline. He looked around, the only form of real incline as the mountain to his left. He slightly changed his direction so he was running towards the mountain. As he hit the base of the mountain, he could feel the incline changing slightly, but only slowed a little. Still running he hit the bigger incline, this reduced his speed significantly, slowing him down to a fast jog, but he didn't really feel that he was loosing energy, so he persisted to run up the mountain. As he reached the top, he had to climb to get to the highest point. As he stared at the village from suck a great height, he noticed that the village was in fact quite big, he also noticed his house and how insignificant his house was compared to the village. As he was admiring the village, something in the back of his mind told him to turn around and see what lie behind the mountain. As he turned around he saw what appeared to be a large training area, fenced off by large metal panels and walls. Enclosed in these walls he could see people running around, training on multiple types of obstacles. Over to the right side of this training area, he could see 3 groups of about 12 people in a squared formation moving in unison. From what he has seen on TV, these people we like soldiers or a sort of activity group of some kind. Thinking nothing of it, he decided to climb back down and run back home for training. As he was about half way down the mountain side, he noticed an easier way down, but it meant a leap onto an opposing path. Thinking about his speed and his normal jump height and distance, he decided to take the risk of falling about 12 feet to ledge that would lead to a lower area of the path he was already on. Thinking that he would need a bit more speed, he sped up slightly and then ran to the edge and jumped. To his surprise he jumped higher and further than normal, so he hit the side of the mountain about 10 feet above the path he wanted to land on. As he slid to the path and continued to run down the mountain, he started thinking of how he could use his new abilities in his training against his father. At the bottom he decided to really try and sprit his fastest. He got home in just over 15 minutes, normally it takes 35-40 minutes to get to the canyons, from which he was only about a minute run from where he was at the bottom of the mountain. As he approached the doorway to enter his home, a wooden staff came flying through the opening, without thought he grabbed the staff and spun it around him a few times and then stopped with the staff in his right hand and behind his back over his shoulder. As he peered into the house, he saw his father holding a box and a few other bits and pieces. "Come on Shadow. We have got some training to do, near the canyons. Here take these and start running. First one to the canyons wins" Dachande handed over a bag and a box. As Shadow was handed the box he stared to jog towards the canyons. As Shadow thought that he had out raced his father, Dachande ran past him at lightning speed. Not accepting that his father was going to beat him once again, he put his new speed to the test and shot past Dachande. The moment Shadow past him, Dachande stepped up his game and sprinted as fast as he could go, but was unable to keep up with Shadow. After about 15 minutes of running, both father and son stop by the edge of the canyon. Dachande put down a bag and two boxes, and Shadow put down a bag and a box. "Since when were you able to run that fast my young pup" Dachande asked as Shadow Shook his body off.
"I don't really know father. I went out for my run this afternoon, and whilst I was running I felt as though I could go fast, so I put my mind to it and increased my speed. I can also jump higher and further than I used to" Shadow said as he knelt to the floor.
Dachande took the two boxes he was carrying, and put them beside him. He knelt down, and looked at Shadow. Shadow lowered his eyes in respect to his father. "As you know Shadow, we have had some great news about the clan coming to get us. But this is not the only reason today is so great. This morning whilst you were out, I finished making your weapons, and I am going to test you on how well you can wield them"
Slightly raising his gaze "You have made me weapons father"
Dachande opened the boxes and rose from where he knelt, holding two swords in his arms "From the moment I first saw you in our dwelling, I knew that you would be a great warrior, able to accomplish many things. So I set out a task to design and make you the ultimate weapon. These swords convert into a deadly staff, much like the ones on home world. But these are very different, 5 times sharper, and easily able to cut through the Yautja's weaponry materials. They are evenly balanced, giving the wielder a perfect balance point to strike his deadly blow. 10 times stronger than the Yautja material. It has taken me 8 years to make these swords, the metals where extremely hard to melt and mould. And I am giving them to you, use them in future hunts and kill many enemies with them"
Dachande's weaponry speech moved Shadow. He now had a greater respect for him, knowing that he had spent so long designing and making him weapons for his future life. Shadow stood up, his gaze still lowered in a respectful manor. He took a step closer to Dachande. "Collect you weapons, and use them well Shadow" Dachande said as he extended his reach.
Shadow extended his arms out and took the swords from Dachande's arms. "Thank you father"
As he took the swords from Dachande, he noticed that they were unlike any of the swords he had ever wielded before. These were much lighter, swifter to cut through the air. Just atop the grips on both swords, was a sort of twist switch. As Shadow twisted one of the switches, the grip extended by another grip and a half's length. He tried the other switch and it to done the same. Noticing on the ends of both the swords, there was a male and a female plug system. As he clicked the swords together, they combined to form a staff weapon.
Dachande noticed that by the way Shadow was wielding the staff that he didn't need the training that he was going to give him, but he thought that he might teach him how to perfect his strikes with it. From the third box Dachande pulled out a holographic simulator. He pressed a button on the bottom of the device to turn it on, as he did this the little device buzzed to life, and three beams of light appeared on the middle of it, red, blue and green. The three lights seemed to spread and mix into each other and form a holographic scene of a jungle. "This is a jungle scene, as you strike you enemy they will be inflicted with the damage that you put upon them. As you notice you can't see me, but I can see you and the surroundings you are in, so I can overview your choice of attack and they way you execute it. You cannot be harmed in this training program, but your enemies can. The program shall start soon so be vigilant" Dachande said as he pressed the button for the program to start.
Shadow held his staff in his right hand by his side. From behind one of the holographic trees a lion pounced towards him. Taking evasive manoeuvres Shadow dove forwards and landed in a roll facing towards his enemy. As the lion pounced at him again he darted forwards and to his right, spinning 360 he sliced the lion in two with the blade on his staff. As the lions corpse fell to the floor two more lions appeared, bigger than the one he had just slain. He ran towards them spinning his staff around him with no effort, he then jumped into the air and cut one of the lion's heads off, as he landed the drove the staff through the back of the other lion. Hearing the scream of the lions death come from the build in speaker on the holographic device, Shadow spun around scanning the terrain for any more prey to kill.
As he finished looking around the artificial terrain, it changed from a jungle to a room of some sort. The room looked to be a gymnasium hall. There were ropes in the middle and a climbing wall over to the far right. As he was admiring the room, a door opened on the far side and five people armed with baseball bats and knives ran into the room. He just waited for them to get to him before he attacked. All five of them got Shadow in an all round attack formation. As they went to strike, he struck first. Dropping to a very low crouch and spinning his staff 360 above his head and turning his body slightly to throw more power into the strike. The bodies of the five men fell to the ground with gut wrenching gashes to there torsos. As he stood up he noticed that there were now an extra ten people in the room, this time with baseball bats, chains, knives and swords. As they attacked Shadow began to attack more aggressively, and put more power into his strikes. Thrusting his staff's blade through the chest of one of the men holding a chain, he then removed it from him and struck a man behind him without even looking at his target. Spinning his staff around his body he ran up to his next opponent, swinging the staff at his head. As he sheared the head off of his holographic enemy, he then turned and spotted his next two targets. Stabbing his blade through one of their faces he jump kicked the other in the head. Before the target could hit the floor Shadow's blade had connected with the side of the holographic mans head. Spotting his last five targets he lunged towards them. Lowering his blade to their legs, he sliced their legs off and drove the blade into his enemy's chests. As he finished the holographic scenery disappeared back into the small device on the floor. Turning to his father he looked a little confused "Why did you stop it, I was enjoying myself"
"Your techniques are astounding. None of the enemies you faced managed to get a hit on you. But remember in real life it is very different. Now lets see how you do against the kainde amedha, they are much faster than the other targets you have encountered" Dachande said as he pressed the button again.
Dachande seemed to disappear as the next holographic scene emerged. This time it was dark, but light enough to see some of the detail on the walls. There seemed to be a natural resin on the walls, the moisture and visible steam made the walls seem almost…alive. As he was looking at his surroundings, there were hisses and screeches coming towards him from the distance. As he looked into the darkness, he notices something move about five meters to his left. He spun around to spot his target.
The creature he had to face was about 9 feet tall, with an elongated, curved head, with no eyes and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. In the mouth of the beast he noticed an inner jaw, which also possessed these razor shape teeth. The body of the creature looked almost like it had a set of body armour on, it looked thick and whiling to take a load of damage before it got pierced. It had a set of claws, sharp enough to cut through fortified steel, and a tail of solid muscle to match. The creature was all black giving it the perfect camouflage for its surroundings.
As Shadow struck the beast, he tore straight through its upper torso. The black beat of the darkness fell to the floor. As it did there was a trail of smoke in the air. As Shadow looked down he noticed that the creature seemed to be burning the floor. Before he could wonder what was happening to the corpse of the black creature, a swarm of them came from random holes and crevasses in the walls. Without thinking he started to thrust his staff blade through them and swinging his pear around to defend them off. The more he was killing the more they would appear.
He began to attack with more aggression and more speed, but they just kept coming. Working his body harder than it had ever worked before, started to attack with so much aggression that his eyes changed colour again, he made another strike and then stopped. He dropped his staff and clenched at his chest. He fell to his knees, and began to moan in pain, this time staying conscious.
Stopping the simulation, Dachande ran over to where Shadow lay on the floor. As he got to him Shadow was lying on his back with his arms by his sides, and his hands clenched in fists. Shadow let out a scream of pain, and seemed to organically morph. His body became more muscular, his arms and legs stretched and became bigger, and his facial structure changed. Shadows body contracted and he curled into a ball on the floor, jerking from side to side, his body became bigger, and his skin tones changed. After five minutes Shadow stopped jerking around and moving, so Dachande rolled him out flat on his back. He immediately noticed the difference in Shadows appearance. He was now…Yautja. Never before had he seem such a transformation in a hybrid before. He was perfect in both species, human and Yautja. Still studying Shadow's complex, Dachande wondered how he had changed.
Shadow began to move and sat up where he had fallen. Looking around he noticed that his vision had changed; it was now a series of different colours, some sort of heat vision. Looking at Dachande he saw that he consisted of mainly dark oranges, reds and white. Most of his surroundings where now a very light coloured blue, and a mixture of greens and yellows. "Wow, where did all the colours come from. Wha…what happened. All I remember is the training program, then a pain in my chest" He said as he started looking at his body.
Noticing the change in his own physical appearance, he jumped to his feet. As he looked at Dachande he saw that he was just a little bit shorter than he was. "I…I…I'm like you. I'm taller and…bigger than normal, how did…" his speech trailed off, and he began to remember the first time he felt the pain in his chest. "The pain in my chest. I got angry and frustrated the first time I felt it. This time I was angry but I tried to channel it and use it as power in my strikes" he trailed off again "Cool. At least I will fit in when we go to home world" his mandibles and facial expression kind of resembling a smile as he looked at Dachande.
Still confused Dachande looked at Shadow. "We should stop the training short for today Shadow; I think your mother might want to see you"
He nodded, turning around to collect the holographic projection device from the floor. As Shadow picked up his staff, Dachande noticed a flash from his right side seemingly coming from the mountain. Noticing that Shadow had just picked up his staff, he presumed that it was just a glare from the blade of the staff. Dachande picked up the three empty boxes, walked over to the canyon edge and threw them into the canyon. As he walked back, he picked up the two small bags. As the he threw the bags over his large shoulder, Dachande started to run towards their dwelling. As he was running he initiated his cloaking device, and started to sprint. Shadow saw this and started after him. Whilst he was running, he felt sturdier on his feet, more agile. As he caught up with his father, he slowed down to his speed and clicked with laughter at him. Reaching deep into his spirit, Dachande ran slightly faster, barely able to stick to his new lease of speed. Shadow thought he might stay a few paces behind him until they were only about 500 meters from the dwelling. They were within the last 500 meters, when Shadow let rip his full speed. Flying past Dachande, he seemed as though he wasn't touching the floor. When shadow had arrived at the backdoor of the dwelling, he turned around behind him to see where Dachande was, he noticed that he was at least 200 meters away. So he took a seat on the stools by the backdoor. When Dachande arrived, Shadow clicked a small laugh "Took your time didn't you father"
"You are very fast and agile young pup. You will be a truly excellent warrior" Dachande replied.
As they both walked through the door, Kiera was sat on the sofa in the living room. She turned around to see two Yautja's standing in the doorway "Who's this Dachande?" Kiera asked.
"Hi mom. It's me Shadow" Shadow said as he waved to her.
"Shadow is that you. What happened, how…when…you're a Yautja" she said with an extremely confused face.
"I don't know. We were training and I worked myself to hard and when I came to, I was like this. Pretty cool huh?" He said in reply.
Later that night, the family of three were sat at the dinner table eating there mammolith fillets which Dachande cut up for them earlier. Kiera looked at Shadow a laughed to herself. "What are you laughing at mom?" Shadow said as he clocked onto her laughing at him.
"Nothing, nothing at all. Laughing. Your shirt is so tight on your body I don't think you're going to be able to get it off"
Shadow tensed his upper body and the shirt burst at the seams. As the shirt fell to the floor, Kiera stopped laughing. Although he was short than Dachande, his physical size was greater.
After their meal Shadow ran into the bathroom and had a shower. As he was standing under the shower, he thought of how he used to be, and about school. Not really concentrating on anything but his thoughts. As shadow reached for a cloth to wipe his body down he noticed that his vision was becoming normal again. As he looked at him self, he saw that his body was morphing back to his human form. This time he didn't have the pains in his chest, he felt relaxed. Quickly finishing his shower, Shadow got changed and ran into the living room where Dachande and Kiera were talking about going back to home world. "Hey I'm back to normal. I was thinking of being human and of school and that and I changed back" Shadow exclaimed.
"This is all extremely weird, ok well maybe it was a phase. When you get extremely angry you change. Ok well go to bed then Shadow, you have school to go to in the morning" Kiera said now so confused, she forgot what she was saying.
Shadow said goodnight to his parents and walked off to his room to sleep.