Hoi Guys! So, Chapter 5. We're learning a lot about Ellie and her fellow shapeshifters, are we not? This chapter isn't finished, so hope you like what I've got!
I gasped, stumbling back. "What?" my mom kept talking. "They are from a planet called Umbara, and they want to steal your powers for themselves. Umbara is in a different solar system, except it does not have a sun. That went supernova a long time ago, and now there is a black hole in its place. Umbara was created after that star went supernova, so it was spared from the deadly gamma-ray bursts that emitted after it tried to fuse iron. So, in consequence, there is almost no life on Umbara, for there is no light and heat. The main life form on it are actually called Shades, phantom creatures that can take solid form, but not if they run into something. They also cannot stand light for long. Shades are the things that you and I call Hunters. Because they can not be killed except for light, they are extremely dangerous and must be avoided." I just gaped at her, not saying anything. Fear was running through my veins. I asked her one more question. "Why do they want out powers?" she responded saying, "They want those powers to escape the dismal life they have on Umbara. They are not to be pitied, though. They will do anything to help themselves, even if it means betraying a friend. For that, they are selfish and cruel." Her last, chilling sentence before I went downstairs scared me more than the concept of the Shades themselves. "They want to take over earth and accustom it to something Shades can live withought dying from the sun. that's why they always wear black."
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Shifter's Paradox
AçãoI panted as I ran deep into the woods, away from the attacker. I scrambled around, looking for a hiding place. I found a nook between a bush and a tree. Earlier that day, when I was doing my homework, a man dressed in black had burst into the house...
