Hello, and I'm back with another chapter of The New Universal.

I don't own the Companion Quartet.

Enjoy!

Sunni raised an eyebrow, looking down at his phone, then he turned to his mentor, Lilac. "Are you sure that this is the right place?"

Lilac nodded, looking at the house they were at. "When Tyrian visited the high school the other day, he sensed that this Luna Jones has some kind of power that he couldn't place. She must be a selkie or some other mythical creature with a human form."

"It's still weird," Sunni said. "But whatever." He got out of the car, and Lilac did as well, locking the car behind them. The two of them walked up up to the house, then Lilac knocked on the door.

After a minute, Jenny answered the door.

"Hello?" Jenny said, then raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, but I don't know you. Wrong address?"

"We're here to talk to...Luna Jones?" Lilac said, pulling out an official-looking-and fake-badge, showing it to Jenny. "We're with the Department of Departmental Affairs." (A/N: That's not real-it's from a book called Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation. I suggest reading that book-it's really good!)

Jenny looked confused. "Never heard of it."

"That's because it doesn't exist," Abby said as she and Connie walked up the stairs, looking at Sunni and Lilac.

"Excuse me?" Lilac asked, raising an eyebrow. "The Department of Departmental Affairs-"

"Is a fake from Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation, by Matt Myklusch," Abby said. "Said by Jazen Knight. So, who are you guys really?"

"They're from the Society," Connie said, her eyes wide.

"You are aware of the Society?" Sunni asked, blinking in surprise.

"That's awesome!" Abby said, looking at Sunni and Lilac. "And I was starting to wonder if there were any Society members anywhere near here!"

"I didn't know that there were any," Jenny said, looking at Connie.

"You guys are aware of the Society?" Sunni asked again.

"Well, yeah," Abby said, looking at him. "Luna told us about it."

Lilac looked at Connie. "Speaking of. We know that you aren't really...human."

"You noticed?" Connie asked, while Sunni gave Abby and Jenny surprised looks.

"You guys aren't reacting?!" Sunni asked.

"We already knew," Abby said.

"Then why did nobody else know?" Sunni demanded. "You aren't Society members-you never vowed to say nothing."

"But we won't say anything," Abby said.

"Good," Lilac said, then looked at Connie. "Luna, I'm sorry to say, but we're bringing you to the Society Headquarters in Minnesota, since you are a mythical creature-what are you, anyway? A selkie?"

"No," Connie said.

"Then what are you?" Lilac said.

Connie took a deep breath, then she shifted into a dragon.

Lilac screamed, and Sunni nearly fainted, causing the other Jones to come over quickly as Connie shifted back into her human form.

"I'm actually a shapeshifter-I'm nothing like Kullervo," Connie said quickly.

"H-How is that even possible?!" Sunni cried. "T-There can't be any others! It was only Kullervo!"

"I'm a secret," Connie said. "Which is why I'm here. I don't have any goals in common with Kullervo. I don't want to destroy humanity. I promise. I just want to live a semi-normal life." She chuckled. "As much of one as I can, being a shapeshifter."

"A-And all of these people were aware of this?" Lilac asked, looking around at the Jones family.

Jenny nodded. "We found Luna not too long ago, and she kinda became part of the family. We haven't told any friends or family-it's just us that know."

"I-I see," Lilac said. "But I'm afraid that you can't be allowed to remember all this-"

"No," Connie said. "They will remember all this, because each of them is a companion."

Lilac's eyes grew really wide-same with Sunni's.

"I have the ability to tell what companion species one is with," Connie said. "And everyone in this household has a companion species." She waved at everyone as she said their name. "Jenny here is a unicorn companion. Steve is a phoenix companion. Ariel is a Banshee companion. Austin is a dragon companion. Jay is a thunderbird companion. And Abby...is a universal."

At this point, Sunni actually did faint, and Lilac looked like she was about to.

Connie sighed, then looked at the Jones family. "Well, this is going to be a long story."

When Sunni and Lilac finally calm down, and listen to Connie about everything…

"Ok, so this is complicated," Lilac sighed. "All of you know about the Society, and while we technically could erase your memories, it wouldn't do any good. And since there's a universal here, I guess that we're going to have to do something about all this." She looked at Jenny and Steve. "You two are going to have to start training immediately, but it won't be easy, since it's best when the gift is discovered when a person is younger." She looked at Ariel, Austin, Abby, and Jay. "You four will start training immediately, too-well, first we'll have to run this all through our assessors, but we'll have to see. For now...our headquarters for the Midwestern American Branch is in Minneapolis, so you six will have to be brought there, although we have chapters in different towns...but not here. I guess that it'll be best if we can get you six to move to Pierre to become part of the society branch there."

"But we live here," Jenny said.

"I know, which makes things more difficult," Lilac sighed. "We can't just establish a society branch here, but you six need the training. And universals are so rare-the only known universal over in England just went missing, and universals need to be trained as soon as they're found, which means that we can't just leave Abby here."

"But-" Abby started.

"I know, but we have to do something," Lilac said, sighing. "Which means that we need to get you to transfer to Pierre."

"But I love it here," Abby said.

"You'll still be able to visit on weekends-you can stay with a society member there," Lilac said. "We can come up with some kind of reason-maybe we can say that you're being entered in a type of program there, for some reason. But the point is, you need to go to Pierre."

"She's our daughter-you can't just take her away," Steve said, looking angry.

"I know, but with the society, things like this have to happen," Lilac said. "It won't be forever. I can talk to some of the Society members that have been planning on moving for a while now, and we might be able to set up a society branch here, and when that happens, Abby can come and stay here again, but until then, we need to make sure that the universal is being protected." She looked at Connie. "And-no offense-we can't just trust a shapeshifter to be left unguarded."

"I'm nothing like Kullervo, but I can see why you don't trust me," Connie sighed. "Regaining trust as a shapeshifter after all that Kullervo did is going to take a ton of work."

"Exactly," Lilac said. "So, Abby and Luna, you two at least need to be brought to Pierre. We can get mentors and companions to Pierre, too, for the rest of you, and they can visit you here, but it might be best if you come and visit Pierre to meet them, seeing that we have a more secure base of operation there. Of course, we'll have to give it a few days until we can send an assessor here, but once that happens and all of this can be confirmed, the plan will be set into action." Lilac stood up. "Sunni and I will be leaving, and we'll come back in three days with an assessor to confirm that all of this is true. Until then." With that, Lilac and Sunni left, leaving the Jones family, plus Connie, in complete silence.

And that's it for this chapter! What did you think?

By the way, if you've ever seen the show Miraculous Ladybug-which, by the way, I suggest watching, it's awesome-I just posted a one-shot for that, and my friend and I are competing to see who has the better one shot. If you watch Miraculous Ladybug, please check that out!

Until next time!

Lunetheart out.