Asunder ~ A Dream SMP Story

Chapter 30: Blood

A general Warning here. Descriptions of body change and feeling out of control in a situation.

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The Blood Moon glowed in the sky as Badboyhalo fell down to his knees, a piercing pain through his body making him unable to carry his own weight.

Every bone in his body felt as if it were being stretched out as every muscle strained against them. This wasn't something new to the demon, but each time the pain had managed to catch him off guard.

If only he had planned this, he may have been able to get to the nether in time. That way, he would be able to at least reduce any issues he could cause in the Overworld.

But things were already too late. He knew his mind was already too far gone as all his mind could think of was when the pain was going to stop. However, Bad knew he would much prefer this over what came after.

His body was experiencing its usual transformation that occurred on nights like these. As the pain seized his entire body, he could feel his clothes begin to feel stretched against his skin. The insides of his mouth suddenly felt fuller has his main fangs, usually small in size, grew much longer.

They weren't the only thing; his claws -the ones he'd hurt his best friend with- became much longer until they became talons sharp enough to rival a diamond sword.

He grimaced to himself as a migraine kicked in, if you could call it that. Sharp cluster headaches dominated the top of his head, then travelled down his neck and between his shoulder blades.

That's when he felt it; the skin on his back stretch until the growths that were forming behind it broke through. He cried out at the feeling which wasn't helped by the feeling of warm, fresh blood travel down his spine.

The feeling was short lived as the wound around the new appendages almost immediately healed up. Accelerated healing was only one of the perks Bad attained while in this form, however it came with many disadvantages.

The demon huffed as the pain slowly began to drain away and used his hands to push himself up to the water bank to drink. He took a moment to gaze at his shadow that reflected on the water. Bright glowing eyes, long curved horns framed by a black, broken halo.

A set of dark, webbed wings had sprouted from his back. They were nothing like the ones he'd seen on Quackity; instead they were larger and featherless. The texture on them felt leathery and soft.

Bad got to his feet as the pain disappeared completely. His mind felt completely blank and out of his control as he took a step back into the forest. He didn't have any idea of what his body was trying to achieve in doing so, or where it was going. He just continued to walk forward deeper into the dark woods.

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Puffy had left Bad to sort things out with Skeppy even though she was sure the diamond man would refuse the demon's offer.

Yet, she stayed near the area as an unsettled feeling rose in her stomach. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to leave them together... Bad didn't seem his usual self; instead he seemed to get overly emotional at what ever she tried to tell him.

She wasn't sure why, but decided he probably had his reasons. It wasn't until she saw a dark shadow zoom out of the port hole that lead to the egg room, Puffy took action.

In a hurry, she climbed down to the EXP room, before things got too out of hand. She was well used to taking the therapist role when it came to Bad and Skeppy's ongoing 'divorce'. Puffy wasn't sure what the shadow was, she assumed it was too fast for it to be a person.