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Oneshot: Time of Awakening

AN: I drew the artwork above for this short story, which is more on my OC Manta and her first Monster transformation.

I remember the very first time I transformed into my Monster form. The memory is bleak and sometimes blurry, but I still remember it well. Octo was the very first person I told this story to since I trusted him, even though I told him in private. I did want to tell the others back at the Orcinus meeting, but all I said was that I was born a half-Monster and knew Orca since I was a kid.

Well if I'm being honest, Orca was the first and only person I told about my first transformation to since she too is a half-Monster like me. She could understand how I felt about the whole case since she was in a similar situation like me during the deforestation, the day we were separated. Her fateful encounter with the one and only Dr. Virus still shocks me to this day. I've heard of Team Virus, but seeing Orca saved by the founder? That was something else. It's just that...she's my childhood friend. I've know her for so long. I can tell her anything you know.

But about when I first changed. It happened when I was thirteen years old, just a few years later after the deforestation. At first, I never thought I'd see Orca again. I thought she was either dead or captured, so nearly every day of my life I would sit and think about her when I was home or whenever I returned to the forest she called home. Well, what was sort of left of it in a way. It almost felt like yesterday when we first met, when two half-Monster children became close and deep friends.

This one day, I decided to head to what kind of was left of the forest Orca called home. It was our usual hang out spot since...you know...Orca didn't really trust humans because she was raised in said forest. Basically, I was the first ever human to be her friend because she trusted me and knew how much I too liked nature. There was still some nature left, but it still pained me to see the scars the forest had to recover from. I remember feeling that burning rage inside of me as well as gaining determination to protect what I cared about.

I also remember sitting on a stump of a cut tree as I continued to think about Orca. I wondered where she was. Was she ok? Surely those humans didn't kill her right? Oh I would of been devastated if they killed her. That's when the rage built up even more. I remember getting so angry over the humans destroying Orca's home to where we had to be separated, my hands gripping the sides of the stump I sat on. At the same time, I had a burning desire to protect nature just like what Orca wanted. After feeling those two things immensely, I remember feeling my body overflowing with power. That was when it happened.

I can't recall what happened exactly, but I remember going through that Monster transformation, unleashing that inner Monster that had been sealed away inside of me. I guess half-Monsters get their Monster forms at a certain age when I go back and think about it. The parts I remember from the transformation happened to be my skin hardening, body increasing in size as well as muscle mass expanding in my arms, and horns coming from the top of my head while my face hardened into rock. Of course, the clothes all the Monster wore came with the change too.

Once it was over, I remember hearing myself roar after my first transformation was complete. The rest of my first time as a Monster are a bit hard to recall since I couldn't exactly control this new state I had achieved. All I knew was that my half-Monster heart had became whole...and that I was ready for vengeance. Some of the blurry moments I can remember are hearing my footsteps storm the forest as I began to punch the destroyed trees out of rage, still keeping that desire burning in me while still having no control over that form.

I don't exactly know how long it lasted, but I remember growing dizzy and tired a few moments later to the point I got to my knees and returned to my human form. The final thing I remember from that time of awakening was seeing the minor destruction I caused in my newly obtained Monster form, soon realizing that my rage and determination were the very two things that triggered and released it. I will say, I remember telling myself I had a lot of training and hard work to do if I were to pull off controlling a Monster form for a half-Monster such as myself.

My training went on for years after that first change. It was hard at first, but the more I practiced and transformed, the more I got ahold of my monstrous self. Better stamina, resisting the urge to eat souls(they still come every once in awhile), testing my strength, you name it. It's just that all of that hard work paid off, and I don't think I'd be here today if it wasn't for that. Heck, I don't think I'd be with Orca again!

I still have that burning desire to protect nature, but I no longer needed that and my rage from that tragic day to trigger my transformation into my Monster form, the Nega-Gargoyle. Now I can freely switch between being human or Monster while also still choosing to fight as a Buster along side my new friends. Next time I see the others, I'll have to tell them this story. I've already told Octo and Orca already knew from the getgo, so I am quite curious to see how the others will react....