Mist Walkers

Lilly

I was pacing around the kitchen watching the clock as it was inching painfully slow towards midnight, my birthday.

            “Vee you have 5 minutes before you turn 16, stop pacing you’re putting a rut in the floor.” Zo said, his birthday was yesterday so he was now 15 and was still inching even closer to six feet tall. I was still 5’3” and was not liking the fact he started using my head as an arm rest when he stood next to me from time to time.

            “I know but I’m nervous, what do I say? Will it hurt? Ugh I just want to hurry up and meet her.” I huffed as I continued making a rut in the floor as Zeus put it.

            The clock stuck midnight and I started to feel a warmth spread through me. It slowly turned into a burning as my body started to creak and twitch. Suddenly my knees buckled, and I was on all fours and my bones started to crack and snap, while fur started to sprout from my skin.

            I screamed as my bones continued to break and reform.

            “Oh my god your shifting!” Zeus yelled as he quickly picked me up and rushed me to the sparring area due to it being padded.

            One final snap was heard then no more pain, I opened my eyes and saw I was now eye level with Zo, wait that is not possible he’s standing. I slowly looked around and saw my tail wagging and paws, hold on a second paws? I lifted my hands that were now paws. I whimpered and felt a hand run through my fur and I purred and leaned into it.

            “your beautiful” Zeus said as he pets my fur. “And your huge”

            I huffed at the remark then I heard her.

            Hello mist walker

            Hello? Who are you?

            She chuckled, whom else would I be? I am you but not you. I am Lilly your wolf.

            Can Zo hear you? I mean Hi Lilly. Zo said we are huge and beautiful.

            Yes, we are, and we will get bigger when you turn 18. Zo can hear us if we want him to.

            Lilly what does it mean to walk unseen?

            Straight to the point I see, she chuckled and I could picture her rainbow colored fur and body shaking as she laughed. Close your eyes and picture your surrounds as accurately as you can. Imagine yourself fading away and all that is left is the room.

            I followed her directions and suddenly heard Zeus gasp, “Vee if I wasn’t still touching you, I would swear you disappeared.”

            I opened my eyes and it looked like I was standing in fog. Fog?

            Everyone sees it differently but yes fog, you create a mist around yourself that shows the area around you but when you lose focus..

            “Hey, you’re back” Zeus said as he let go of my fur, “Sorry I thought that if I let go earlier you would vanish.” He walked back into the bedroom and grabbed me some clothes, “I love you, but I still don’t want to see you naked” As he scrunched up his nose at the thought.

            Thanks, I don’t want you to see it either. I linked him.

            Focus on your body and will the change to occur. Lilly said as I was just thinking how to change back.

            Thinking of my human body I felt my bones cracking and shifting back into my human form, while I heard hurried footsteps leave the area. I looked down and saw I was back and quickly put on my clothes.

            “I’m decent” I yelled to Zeus, “ I think we should stay until you shift, I don’t want to be out there and have to figure out how to hide the fact of what we are.”

            Zeus nodded and grabbed me as I started to sway, he picked me up bridal style and carried me off to the bedroom so I could rest.

            “Thanks,” I mumbled as I was losing the battle to keep my eyes open.

            “What are brothers for.” He chuckled as he gently set me down in the bed and covered me up. He kissed my forehead and walked out of the room to head to make his own dinner.

            You’ll still be here in the morning right Lilly?

            Yep, I don’t plan on going anywhere. Rest now Venus we have a long week ahead of us to go over what your powers will look like and to decide what and how to use them.

            Slowly I drifted off to sleep and let my dreams take me. The night went by uneventful as I slept, and so to do the next few days.

            Ok Vee we need to focus on becoming unseen in human form so I need you to think of your surroundings again and fade away.

            I’m trying we have been at this for 6 days now and it’s either my lower half or my torso that vanishes. I huffed as using this in human form was starting to become a hassle.

            You can do this just breathe and focus.

            Fine I’ll try, I said as I stilled myself and focused on the room and fading into the mist.

            “Hey Vee?” Zeus said as he walked into the sparring room and looked around. He scratched his head, and looked around, “Maybe she’s in the shower?”

            Puzzled I opened my eyes and saw the mist, I did it Lilly I did it!

            I never doubted for a second, now tomorrow we shall see what gift the moon goddess has given you, wait the mist feel different.

            The mist is green and blue, why is it shifting colors, it almost looks like sparks of light are mixed in the mist.

            Well now this is new, I think I know what our gift is, but we will have to wait and see tomorrow if I’m right.

            Oh not fair. I pouted, more waiting. I release the mist and sigh, oh well might as well see what zo wanted. I walk into the kitchen and start on dinner while Zeus was bent over the maps which now had circles in different locations. I reached over and grabbed a pan to cook up some chicken on and felt a sharp shock course through my fingers as I was about to touch it. “Weird”

            “What? What’s weird?” Zeus asked still looking over his maps

            “Lightening? My gift is lightening?” I asked

            “No way really?” He said while jumping up from his chair and running over.

            I guess I was right, but I’m not sure it’s actual lightening or just super heated plasma but either way this is cool.

            You can say that again.