Chapter 2: Monster Transformation

"That movie was ok," Gloria commented as she and the others left the theater.

"Yeah," the others agreed.

"Hey, you guys wanna come to my place?" Melissa asked.

Everyone nodded. She drove them to her house and led them to an underground cave in the backyard. The entrance of the cave was camouflaged with the surroundings, so it would be hard for anyone to find it. It also had state-of-the-art security systems installed for the stuff inside the cave would be far too dangerous if it got into the wrong hands. Lights went on as they continued walking. They entered a large room with areas filled with weapons and other advanced machinery that nobody knew about. Then Melissa stood in the middle of the room and transformed from a female adult with brown eyes, tan skin, and dark brown hair that looked black to a gleaming silver dragon with golden claws, large wings, a skinny but muscled body, and a tail with 4 large spikes near the end, including tiny silver blades on the top and sides. She had frills that went halfway down her neck and a deep chest. She stretched her wings to its full length and yawned, showing all of her razor sharp teeth. "It's good to be back to my original form," she commented.

Dragons are a little different from what people hear from books, movies, and other sources. Dragons have scales harder than nearly 100 layers of steel. The scales of their underbellies are stronger than what is said in information sources. Many dragons have spikes or horns on their bodies. They can also live for nearly 10,000 years, possibly more. All dragons have breath weapons, which come from a special gland possessed only by true or full dragons (not in half dragons like draconians) inside the chest area called the draconis fundamentum. It ranges from a cone or ball of acid to a cone, ball, or stream of fire. Most breath weapons are elements but some can be something like a beam of light. Some dragons have a 2nd breath weapon like paralyzing gas, a cloud of poisonous chlorine gas, and a cone of glowing shards (sharp dagger-like crystals). Some dragons, although not many, collect precious gems and rare treasures to place inside their lair. There are more than 50 types of dragons, all of them capable of destruction. Several are very gentle but others are very hostile or evil.

Ashley also transformed from a female adult with light skin, dark brown or black hair, and dark brown eyes to a large white humanoid bat with large wings (attached to her arms), sharp claws, a bushy mane(males had bushier manes),nose just like a regular vampire bat, anddark brown eyes that always made Ashley look angry."It feels much more relaxing in a way. Now I have things to do. Are you coming G?" she asked.

"I guess so," Gloria replied.

She changed from a female adult like the others with dark brown hair, matching eyes, and tan skin to a white humanoid bat like Ashley, but the only difference was that her eyes were icy blue. "Let's go," she said.

Vampires are also different from what is said in different sources. Vampires aren't humans with long fangs who sleep in coffins, avoid the sunlight, and climb up a wall with their claws. Vampires are large humanoid bats, blacks being males and whites being females. They can go out into the sunlight and don't have to sleep in a coffin. They also don't exactly die the way everyone believes. They can die from a stake through the heart, but a knife and bullet could also kill them. They can die like any human, except from natural causes, of course. Vampires can also fly at very high speeds. But like all vampires, they must drink blood to survive. Vampires also have special abilities like the ability to talk to the dead or even transform into an undead being like a skeleton warrior. They can become mist or become any killer of the night like a wolf. A very rare ability is psychic powers. Very few vampires are blessed with psychic powers. Ashley and Gloria were lucky enough to get it. Vampires can also gain the power to summon the undead, but they have to be skilled in that power. Hundreds of vampires die just about every year because they weren't skilled enough to control the undead. Gloria and Ashley have already mastered that skill.

Ashley and Gloria flew out of the cave to go and do some of their own things. "I think it's time for my daily training," Caitlin announced.

She snapped her fingers and changed but not like Ashley, Gloria, and Melissa. She was a female adult with brown hair but not too dark, matching eyes, and light skin. The only thing that changed was her clothes and accent. She now wore a blue shirt with a black vest and a red pants with a red bandana. Her accent changed into that of a pirate. "So…here you go," Jessica said, giving Caitlin her favorite sword.

"Aye, matey! I thank you," Caitlin said.

Pirates aren't all that different from what people believe. They do steal (Caitlin doesn't steal!) and they do kill when it come to treasure (Caitlin doesn't kill either, unless provoked to save her own life, a friend's, or a family member's). Pirates favor swords but also use pistols. Pirates will sometimes name their sword after a deceased powerful pirate or ancestor, as Caitlin has done, in the belief that they will wield their power. Some pirates, like Caitlin, are skilled blade masters. Blade masters are quite rare in pirate society, but they do exist. These great blade wielding pirates would have enemies tremble under their might, for they were extremely dangerous men (sometimes women as well). They rarely showed mercy for their enemies. Not much has changed from what is said about pirates.

She took her favorite sword and held it near her face. It shined in the light as she held it in a upright position. Her favorite sword had an icy blue blade and a brown handle. The sword signified her earth and ice powers and because it was her first one, she named it Zarok, after her ancient ancestor, who was also blade master. "Ok, I think it's my turn," Jessica said.

She changed like Caitlin. She closed her eyes and concentrated. She was a female with blonde hair, blue eyes, and light skin. Now she wore a black legless, long-sleeve shirt and a purple cape that had a hood. She had something somewhat like a utility belt that contained some potions and a small sword that had a silver blade and a blue handle, which signified her water and wind powers. "I should practice doing new spells," she said. "What are you going to do Mel?"

Witches aren't the ugly, big-nosed, weird, freaky, black cat loving, mean women people talk about. Some are mean and some are nice. Some can be normal people and some can be just plain out insane. Witches are, to some extent, normal people blessed with very powerful spells. Witches do not ride a broom and fly around on it. They can levitate but can't exactly fly like freaks without the help of spells. Some don't even like cats, let alone black ones. Also, witches don't wear pointy black hats with long black clothing. Good witches will sometimes wear spiritual things while evil witches will sometimes wear something like satanic things. The spells are in a different language known only as the Kudorock language, named after the creator, or more like creators. The Kudorock were an ancient band of spell casting people that were kind of like the witches today. They were a mixture of good and evil people but were not together. Since then, witches have used this language to cast spells.

"Well I could…meditate," Melissa replied.

"Meditate? So you're going to become a meditating dragon?" Caitlin laughed.

"Well first I'll turn back to normal. I wouldn't want to look like a freak now, would I? And I need to meditate to be able to control my mutation form. Don't you remember what happened the last time?" Melissa asked.

"Aye! I remember that day. You lost control of your form," Caitlin remembered.

"It's like…Raven from Teen Titans," Melissa explained. "I couldn't think of anything better. Anyways, she needs to meditate to control her powers. I have to meditate to control that form. If I transform into that thing and if I still don't have control of it, I can kill you guys and lots of other people."

She changed back and sat down on the ground. She got into meditating position and was silent. "Well, I should get started," Jessica said.

"And so should I," Caitlin said.

Caitlin went to her training area while Jessica went to a specific area to test new spells and potions. Melissa stayed where she was and remained silent. Everyone did what they were doing and also waited Gloria and Ashley to return.

I know not too much has happened but I'm hoping things get better in the future chapters