Friends Change
A/N Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad people like this.
Elisa was out in Leah's room lying on the bed. She was upset about what was happening to her brother. She wondered what was happening to him. The others hadn't told her he was becoming a human.
"Elisa.... you... okay?" Izz asked coughing.
"I'm.... worried about you. Your being ill with something unknown is making me nervous. I don't want to lose you.
You're my only family." she said softly with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry Elisa. At least the others will be your family and care about you if something does happen." he replied weakly.
Leah wondered where Izz had gone until she heard Elisa calling for help and finding some of his fur on the landing, leading to her room.
They found Izz lying on the floor scratching himself a little where the fur was gone.
"Please don't do that, okay Izz?
Becoming a human will be harder if you have scars because you feel like scratching an itch." Leah heard her soul mate whisper carrying him downstairs in her arms.
Izz woke up groggily on the couch. He was wrapped in blankets and his vision was hazy. He felt like sleeping because his head still ached and feverish.
He then felt a warm sensation through his half furry body.
It felt good.
He wondered why he was changing and why he wasn't well. He hoped he would find out the answers soon enough. Elisa sighed in the kitchen drinking black coffee. It was something Izz did when he was sad or depressed.
She hoped he'd be okay. But Leah and the others sighed before telling her what was going on but they heard moaning as Izz had gotten a little taller than his normal height.
He was the height of a small human child.
"W-Why is he like this?" Elisa asked scared.
"There's something we need to tell you. The illness that affects your brother won't kill him but..... he's becoming a human like us. We wanted to tell you eariler but were afraid in case you were upset." Carley told her.
Elisa looked horror struck hearing that. Leah saw her leave.
"I had a feeling this would happen.
They are siblings after all." David replied seeing Elisa in the living room. She was stroking her brother gently. She couldn't accept that her brother would be a human in a few days.
"..... Hey." he said softly seeing her turn around to face him.
"What do you want? You've already hurt me with your news! Izz never should've been part of this family!
That way, this wouldn't be happening!" she said with tears in her eyes. He understood the pain she was feeling right now because he would feel the same if anything happened to Leah.
"...... We.... didn't mean to hurt you.
We knew how much your brother means to you. He's the only tie to your parents but even if he changes in appearance, he's still the same on the inside." he reassured her.
"Yeah right!" Elisa said hearing Izz cough slightly.
She noticed his eyes were becoming like their human friends. It scared her that her brother was losing his Psammead features. It made her feel sad inside.
"Please don't be sad Elisa about me changing. At least I won't die from being ill." Izz thought as his eyes opened.
He felt very hungry as he saw a plate of cookies nearby but he didn't have a strong appetite but his eyes closed as he began to dream once more. He was unaware he was still changing physically.
Leah smiled seeing most of his fur over the couch and he now had fair human skin. She smiled. He didn't look the same without his fur or snail like eyes.
She noticed his tubby stomach was beginning to slim down. She then left him to sleep but picked up the fur and kept it in a chest as memories. She then wrapped the blanket around Izz's new body so he wouldn't be cold.
He was now the height of a human teenager.
"Wow he looks so different!" David told himself......