The music drew me back to reality the rhythm steady and strong like the beat of my heart. He was styling his hair differently, it had new blue streaks and he was wearing more rings than usual and had a silver ear cuff instead of the one I gave him, it hurt to see him not wearing it but I understood why. I almost wasn't sure it was him but those eyes, those were his eyes. My thoughts kept drifting back to the past, I usually wasn't this sound of conscious this in control I couldn't waste my time but I couldn't help myself.
Magnus had been at it for hours scribbling an intricate pattern on the floor of an abandoned warehouse, I was surprised that the preparation was taking this long. I didn't dare interrupt him, he had sent me off to find some specific crystals and stones. The pattern was full of swirls and geometric shapes, he had obviously cared about how the pattern was drawn and had taken his time to get it perfect. He placed the crystals and stones in what looked like random areas of the pattern, he warned that if they weren't placed just right that the ritual wouldn't work and would most likely end in a painful end for me. I smiled and kissed him lingering for only a second, I walked to the centre of the pattern and he began an incantation.
The pain was instantaneous I was trained for battle and accustomed to wounds but this was a pain that I had never felt before. Every word Magnus uttered burnt my skin it felt as if my blood was turning into
molten iron my skin sizzled and I thought I was dying. I squeezed my eyes shut and pulled my hands into fists my nails sliced into my palms and blood pooled around them but even this couldn't silence my screams. I had never screamed before in my life but this-this was too much I opened my eyes and looked down to where the blood was dripping from my hands I was taken back when I saw that it was black in colour instead of a scarlet red. The whole world seemed to spin before me, the pattern on the floor withered and stretched on the floor below as if it could feel my pain, the swirling pattern began to twist and turn it circled around me and slowly crept onto my skin. My screams turned into endless wails as a sharp pain had started in the back of my eye, it was dull at first but grew strong quickly it almost felt as if I was being stabbed repeatedly. My vision blurred and was soon replaced with darkness.
I had awoken a few days later in Magnus' bed he was sitting on a chair that had been pulled close to the bed. His body was bent at an awkward angle, I could see his face pale with dark rings under his eyes. He wasn't wearing his usual amount of makeup and flashy clothes instead he wore a dull grey robe. He looked exhausted and I didn't want to wake him but I desperately needed to use the bathroom. I managed to slip out from underneath the silken covers and make my way to the bathroom my legs were wobbly and I felt dizzy, but I managed. When I was finished in the bathroom I finally realized that I was wearing an unfamiliar necklace, It was made of gold and had a large red gemstone in the middle it would glow every second or so. It took me a minute to realize that it was glowing in time with my heart beat I found this amusing and curious. I stood in front of the mirror in Magnus' bathroom I took a second to look at it and almost died from surprise of what I saw, my eyes no longer were human they were that of a cats just like Magnus' were, the only big difference were that mine were a brilliant bright blue.
"ALEC, ALEC WHERE ARE YOU PLEASE OH GOD PLEASE!" Magnus' screams pulled me from my fascination with my new eyes. I quickly sprinted out of the lavish bathroom and back towards the bedroom, I found Magnus on his knees screaming and crying. "Shhhh I'm right here, don't worry I'm here" I whispered this repeatedly into his ear as I rocked him back and forth in my arms. "You were gone, I thought you died I thought that I did the ritual wrong I thought I killed you…" Magnus sobbed. I rubbed his back and tried my best to console him.
