DNA Analysis (#Wattys2017)

Chapter Six (Macy POV)

"You've got to be screwing with me." I said mentally slapping myself.

"I assure you there is no screwing with it, I'm a shifter dragon, I can transform into whatever I can think of as long as it follows the rules of life, but here on earth you have a lot less magical power floating around than in Caelum, so I can only transform once before I have to go back to get the original form back, anyway I chose this form because it was cute and I thought the humans wouldn't find anything wrong with it but apparently having cat ears and a tail isn't normal around here." she said putting her cap back on after taking it back from me "look I'm still the same person you made friends with, that is who I am, I'm being myself, but I'm here on a mission." she said standing up and looking down at me.

I got up as well "what kind of mission?" I asked.

"Not long after Fulgur left to get you a military man from earth appeared in Caelum, we took his memories of our land and sent him home, when we inspected the barrier between our world we found nothing wrong so I'm here to investigate how your military man got into our land and stop them before they invade."

"Look I get your concern but we wouldn't invade unless we had no choice." I said.

"That's not what the history of this place says, humans want something, they take it, barbarians, can't even talk to make a resolve." she said.

"You do realize you're talking to a human right?" I said.

She smiled and giggled "don't be silly Macy, you may take the form of a human but you're scent is all that of a dragon."

"Then how do I have human DNA?" I asked.

"Well as you already know DNA codes for what something will look like, shifter dragons have the ability to change their phenotypic gene so it codes for something that's not their dragon state, thus altering our appearance." she said.

"I mean it makes sense but it's not possible to change the DNA sequence." I said.

"Maybe for humans but the shifter dragons can, it started with being able to alter to color of our scales at we please and then moved on from there." she said "and if you don't believe me I will take on my dragon form to prove it but I'll have to return to Caelum thus giving up on my mission, so I'd rather not."

"Look I want to believe you but I can't until I see it for myself, but if you don't want to do your so called change then I won't make you." I said.

"Good, anyway, about this." she said holding up her phone and showing me the picture, she smirked at me "are you two a thing?~" she asked.

"Delete that!!!!" I said trying to grab her but she ran off again and of course, I gave chase.

~later~

I was sitting on the roof of the house looking at the stars when I heard the tapping of feet behind me.

"You like it up here, don't you?" I heard Kitty's voice ring out.

"Yeah, I like staring up in the sky and asking myself what's it like out there, in space." I said.

"Well I can show you that, it's easy to manipulate the waves of gravity here." she said with a smile.

"Gravity is one of the laws of physics, you can't just get rid of it when you want to." I said sitting up.

"I never said I was getting rid of it, I said I was manipulating it." she said, I looked at her, she didn't have her cap on and a long brown cat tail was swing slightly behind her.

"You can do that?" I asked.

"Of course I can, yes the magic stores here are very low but manipulating gravity is a small feat for a shifter dragon such as me." she said, she held her hands up and a small glowing ball appeared in the space between her hands. I watched as she mumbled something under her breath and the air around us shifted, the ball of light disappeared and we both started floating.

"What's going on?!" I asked trying to stay upright.

"The area around us is now zero gravity, just as if you were in space." she said moving towards me "this is what you wanted isn't it, to know what it's like up there."

"It is but how do I stay up?" I asked holding my shirt instinctively.

Kitty laughed and moved me so I was upright "it's a wonder you're not used to this, I mean you are a dragon." she said.

"I'm not a dragon, do I look like a dragon to you?" I asked irritated.

"Well of course you don't look it but that's the point for a shifter dragon, you also have to same smell at Fulgur, just more human mixed in because you've spent the last 17 years of your life here." she said.

"I'm 18." I said.

"Sorry, 18 years of your life." she corrected.

I huffed and started turning upside down again, I scrambled to get upright but only made it worse, Kitty giggled and fixed me again before fixing the gravity "how about we go inside, tomorrow is another day of school." I said standing up.

"Alright, hey can I not wear my cap and not hide my tail tomorrow." she asked.

"No you'll freak people out if you don't." I said climbing down and back into my window.

"Aw no fun." she whined and crawled in after me.

"Excuse me for not wanting anyone to call animal control on you." I said closing the window.

"Even if they did they wouldn't catch me." she said pouting.

"Look just shower and go to bed, you stink." I said noogying her again.

"Fine." she said slipping from my grasp and walking out, I sighed and laid down on my bed.

"Everything okay?" I heard Dan ask as he lay down beside me.

"Yeah I'm just confused, why would they keep telling me I'm a dragon, I mean I'm obviously human." I said.

"I don't know but it would be pretty cool to be a dragon wouldn't it, flying around and breathing fire, claiming territory and living forever." Dan said.

"When did you become a dragon expert?" I asked looking at him jokingly.

"I read books when I was a kid." he said.

I giggled and hugged him "it shouldn't be possible." I mumbled.

He hugged me back "what?" he asked.

"Dragons, they don't have hollow bones, they're way to heavy for the thin wings to carry them around and it's impossible to breath fire, I don't get how their existence is possible." I said.

"Then ask Fulgur for answers." he said.

I hummed my agreement and closed my eye, quickly going to sleep.