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Clandestine

Dream was at a loss for words, taking a long moment to recollect himself.

"Uh- my name's Dream" Dream introduced himself.

"That's an odd name, but I guess it isn't my place to judge" Wilbur spoke before adding, "So.. what are you doing in the library?"

"The better question is, what are you doing in a secret area behind the shelves??" Dream immediately flipped the question back to him.

"Oh. Well, I'm hiding. If that isn't obvious already" Wilbur replied, his tone didn't hint towards any emotions.

Dream took a second to glance around, making sure no one was nearby.

"Why?" Dream asked, a simple yet unanswered question.

"Because I'm um,, not really suppose to be here right now. Not at all. I should be locked up in a cell right now— another result of their experiments— but I escaped from that. And now I'm just waiting for the opportunity to escape from this facility" Wilbur explained.

"Oh! The scientists experimented on you? I could've sworn I've heard of you before" Dream said, he had a vague memory of someone—George? —telling him about Wilbur, a person who came back from being experimented on. And then was taken away again and never seen after that.

"Yeah, I was experimented on" Wilbur replied, shuddering a bit.

"So... do you have any uh- powers? Y'know.." Dream hesitantly asked.

"Of course I do. Though I like to call them abilities" Wilbur spoke, shifting his scarf a bit, seemingly somewhat nervous.

Dream stepped back, watching as Wilbur's form changed— more accurately described as transformed?

In a matter of a few seconds, Wilbur, seemingly shapeshifted.

Instead of Wilbur standing before him, a four legged animal— a wolf— was sitting in front of him.

And suddenly my power just keeps on looking less and less cool compared to other's.

After it really sunk in that Wilbur shapeshifted, Wilbur shapeshifted back into a human.

"See?" Wilbur said, leaning against the library bookshelf.

"You can shapeshift?!" Dream asked in surprise.

"Yep. Though there are some limitations. I can't transform into anything that's inanimate and non-living. And I can only shapeshift into something I've physically seen before" Wilbur explained.

"Wow..." Dream said, trailing off.

"Well, since you asked the question, I assume that you were experimented on too. What can you do?" Wilbur asked, curiosity filled his voice.

"It's not much, especially compared to your power, but I uh- can kinda control plants? Like vines and stuff, y'know" Dream told him, allowing the vines he had wrapped around his arms, under his sleeves, to grow out a bit to demonstrate.

"Oh, that's nice" Wilbur thought for a few seconds, before replying.

A silence commenced, just for a small moment.

"I was technically experimented on twice. The first time, the scientists injected me with a vial, and whatever was in that vial gave me shapeshifting powers. The second time I went back, the scientists tested to see if I developed any powers. After that, I wasn't allowed back into the facility with the rest of you" Wilbur spoke before pausing for a second, "It seems like your powers have pretty much developed, I'm surprised you haven't been taken back and been tested on again"