Chimera:
Defined as any imaginary monster whose body is a grotesque combination of mismatched animal parts.
Only thing is, there not imaginary. Through our powers of alchemy such 'monsters' are created. I know, first hand, the horrid truths behind transmuting a chimera. If you have never herd an animal scream, consider yourself fortunate. My name is Terra; my father was the Fusion Alchemist. I say was, because he no longer walks upon this world. My brother made sure of that. But I'm getting ahead of myself; I'll have to start from the beginning.
My parents had two children whom, like our father, wanted to be alchemists. My brother Leon, and myself, studied alchemy, instead of conventional schooling. The only thing we hated about our home studies was when our father would show us his work. Straight from the military, these poor creations were created. Mother was just as involved in these lesions as father was. One day however, the lesson plan changed. There experiment to combine a lion, eagle, and Komodo dragon went amiss when the creature broke free of its bonds and attacked my mother. All was not well.
My father shot the enraged animal, killing it of course, only too late for my mother. The beasts saliva held thousands of bacteria that soon became infected, my mother died at the age of 32. I was 10, my brother was 13. Surprisingly, we continued our studies of chimera transmutation. We were unaware at the time, but our father had become obsessed with creating the perfect chimera. Like one my mother had wanted to create. Years had passed since my mother passing; yet still there was no creation of the perfect chimera.
At the age of 15, I began to wake to the horrifying sounds of the animal's screams late into the night. My brother would always come and hold me until the shrieks, which frightened me so, had subsided. Weeks after the midnight terriers began; my father spoke madly of legendary D.N.A. he had acquired from an unknown source. It wasn't until my birthday that I learned what made this sample so special. Leon, myself, and even Leon's girl friend Ricca were to be used for the experiment.
The samples of legendary D.N.A. were labeled as Seraph and Vampire. Even in the lab for transmutation, I doubted that they were legitimate. First, my father used the Seraph sample on Ricca. She screamed and cried while the change took place. Leon was cursing father all the while, he was used next. The vampire sample caused a change that left Leon unconscious. From what I could see, the change had given my brother claws, and left Ricca with beautiful sliver feathered wings. My turn at last, only thing left to do now was to combine the two legendary D.N.A. samples into one. Namely me. My eyes became red, my skin paled considerably, fangs and claws much like my brothers, and of course the sliver wings like Ricca's.
His own children caged and treated like nothing more then test specimen. Perhaps that's all we were. No longer human, not quite an animal. Monstrosity in its purest form. A grotesque combination of mismatched animal parts, we are that walking definition. Now all we can do is look for a way back, continue to study our father's notes, look for clues he left behind. No matter what it takes, I will not remain a monster forever. Part Seraph, part Vampire, a blessing and a curse.