Shift

Chapter 1

A five year old Kiera watched as her eight year old brother, Kyle, transformed into a black and grey puppy. She clapped happily. "Again, Ky! Again!" she begged.

           "Okay, Kiera. Watch this." He smiled as he turned back human. Right before the young girl's eyes he turned into a black cat. He arched his back before turning human again. His sister continued begging. "Maybe a little later, Kiera."

Shifting ran in their family but you had to be eight. The power never showed up until then. Kiera, being only six, didn't yet have the ability. Her family often spoke of how they hoped it would be soon enough. About how the world was changing and she needed to be trained.

Well, that she...was me. I'm fifteen now. Kyle's seventeen. We're on the run and can't go back. But at least we're not alone. We have the team. And each other for that matter. The world is, to use a word that I learned and never had use for, a dystopia (the exact opposite of a Utopia). The team was made up of me, Kyle, Claudia, Ash, Rink, and Raven.

Claudia is a petite girl with scary powers. She's a telekinite. She was gifted with the power of telekinesis. She's quiet until you piss her off. A fair warning, don't do that. She can be scary when she's calm but she's usually just a normal 14 year old girl.

Ash is a fire user. He has gray hair when calm but once you get him all fired up (Sorry, I had to :D) it turns red. He's kind and warm hearted (I'm sorry, they just keep coming!). He can use his powers for evil but to be honest, why the hell should he?!

Next up is Rink, or Gavin, His given name. He's cold on the outside but is secretly warm hearted on the inside. He hated having to share the same air as Ash. They go head to head in a constant competition. Gavin is an ice and water controller. Naturally they are enemies but they're fighting for the same cause. His hair changes from icey blue to a strange, unnatural blue.

Raven's a unique girl. She gets her name from two places. First, her raven colored hair and dark brown, almost black eyes and second, from the raven's wings sprouting from her back. She learned to fly the same time she learned to walk. She was born with them. She is shy and has a hard time opening up after being called an emo freak.

"Try me, why don't you!?" Gavin yelled at Ash, ice spreading around his feet.

"Why should I?! I could take you out in point five seconds!" Ash countered. Kyle walked calmly over. Ever since we left he hadn't been the same. He was cold hearted and blocked everything out. I missed him.

"Stop before I kick both of your asses and let you die in state prison cells. Got it?" He growled in a low tone. Ash and Gavin both nodded frantically.

"We had better get a move on. Let's go. Their coming." Raven said, lowering herself to the ground and tucking her wings tightly to her shoulder blades. Kyle nodded at me and I surged ahead, leading my teenaged troops into a sure trap like I did everyday.