A/N Big thanks to all of the helpful reviews and such, sorry I didn't reply to them right away but my internet decided that it hated and stopped me from going to the site.

This chapter would also have been up sooner if it weren't for the internet hating me and my favorite thing to do.

Ch.6 Sounds of Secrets

Col's grandmother's house was a nice place, but what astounded me was the garden.

Pools of water were shaded under large trees and flowers seemed to carpet the ground. Col had told me how he had lived with his grandmother since he was little, due to the fact that both of his parents were heavily involved in the society. Obviously Connie hadn't told him that I was in it yet.

Mags had been very nice, rubbing his snout against me. Truthfully I had never been near a horse before. It made me wonder what flying on a pegasus was like. Shift had told me that I was companion to pegasi plus the others. Col had been very forthcoming about his spot on some sort of competitive team that was made of pegasi companions.

The back door opened as we approached and out stepped who I could only guess was Col's gran. She was wide and had a smile on her face as she bustled out.

"Hi, Gran!" Col said, waving to get her attention. "This is Daniel, he's new in town. Daniel, this is my Gran, Lavinia, companion to water sprites."

Lavinia's eyes widened then narrowed as he said that. "Col!" she admonished, "Why would you tell an outsider that!"

Oops. Busted.

Col's mouth dropped open and he looked back and forth between me and Lavinia. "But... Aren't you a member."

"Nope." I grinned.

And you almost got away with it too! Shift relayed to me.

If it wasn't for those meddling kids!

Huh?

Sorry, cartoon reference.

"Oh... This is bad." Col stated.

"Yep, thanks for that captain obvious!" I called cheerfully as I backed toward the gate. I'd have to make a break for it if they tried any funny business.

"Wait!" Lavinia called, but it was too late, I was sprinting away from that garden as fast as I could. Who knows what a water sprite can do?

I slowed to a walk a block away and stayed calm as they raced up behind, then past me. It seems that since I had met Shift I was able to become even more unnoticed than I had before! And I was also able to become noticed when I wanted. It felt good.

I walked all the way back home and witnessed a large meeting of people outside of number 5.

Think we can sneak up and listen to what they have to say? I asked Shift.

Of course! I'll just make us blend in!

I felt the feeling of hot sand around my neck and looked down to see that Shift had gone back to his snake form. He nodded to me, silver irises glinting, and I walked forward to hear every word.

"...He then escaped and seemed to vanish into thin air." Lavinia finished. "Dr. Brock, what do you suggest?" The old man in question stepped forward and looked around for a second, eyes sliding over me as if I weren't there.

"Connie, are you sure that he isn't a companion?"

"Yes, he didn't have the same energy as every one else, even though he has the eyes of someone with universal blood in their family."

So, had passed even the notice of a universal, who it seemed was able to read people's gifts.

"Okay then. Rat," He said, pointing to another boy my age who was only a few feet away. "We need you to get Icefen and find this boy, Daniel. Make sure that he doesn't remember."

"Again?" he moaned out. What did he mean, again? Then it hit me. The dream about the minotaur! It wasn't a dream, it was real, and these people were responsible for taking that memory away!

Anger bubbled up and the hot sand feeling ran through my mind. I seemed to ripple in heat, yet I did not feel hot or cold. The anger was the silent type that I had felt whenever I had been left out of things just because of my eyes!

Then it passed.

Are you okay, companion Daniel?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just mad that they want to keep away from me because I'm different. You said that I was companion to four different creatures yet they want to take that away because their precious universal doesn't think I'm good enough.

Don't worry, the universals don't know everything.

I smiled then opened my eyes. Uh oh! All around me were people from the group, staring at me and the now larger Shift. I blushed and watched as Shift looked around, surprised at the predicament too. He was bigger now and I could see that fangs had formed in his mouth as well as wing nubs on his back.

"Uh, hi," I said shakily. "I'll just be going now!" I made a mad dash and got past three people before someone landed on my back, knocking me to the ground. My breath was forced out but the weight was relieved when Shift knocked my attacker – Rat – off of me. Unfortunately I had been surrounded in that small amount of time.

"Who are you?" demanded Dr. Brock.

"I'm Daniel. You know, the one you want to hunt down and make forget everything."

Haha! Next chapter is out and I am having FUN! For all of you that think I'm writing super fast, take a look at Red Moon, my Pokémon fanfic. I wrote up to the collab in one week, which is near 40-50k words?

Also, big thanks to the reviews that gave me info on the compass!